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Where does “misterios” come from?

misterios (Romanian) comes from Italian misterioso, from Italian -oso, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.

misterios (Romanian): mysterious

Definitions

  1. mysterious

Ancestry of “misterios”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmisteriosomysterious, secret, enigmatic, puzzling
2Italian-oso-ous, -ful, -y
3Latin-ōsus—
4Old Latin-ōssus—
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