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Where does “mincinos” come from?

mincinos (Romanian) comes from Romanian -os, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.

mincinos (Romanian): lying, mendacious, untrue; liar

Definitions

  1. lying, mendacious, untrue; liar

Ancestry of “mincinos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-osForms adjectives; -ous
2Latin-ōsus—
3Old Latin-ōssus—
Every word from Old Latin -ōssus →