Where does “imensidão” come from?

imensidão (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese imenso, from Latin immēnsus, from Latin mēnsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

imensidão (Portuguese): vastness; infinity (something of immeasurable size or greatness)

Definitions

  1. vastness; infinity (something of immeasurable size or greatness)

Ancestry of “imensidão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseimensoimmense; immensely, very much
2Latinimmēnsusimmeasurable, boundless, endless, vast, immense
3Latinmēnsushaving measured, estimated
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin mēnsus