Where does “atroce” come from?

atroce (Romanian) comes from French atroce, from Latin atrōx — fierce, savage, bloody.

atroce (Romanian): atrocious

Definitions

  1. atrocious

Ancestry of “atroce”, step by step

atroce traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French atroce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchatroceatrocious; terrible, dreadful; inhuman, savage,...
2Latinatrōxfierce, savage, bloody

via Italian atroce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianatroceatrocious; terrible, dreadful; excruciating
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