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Where does “куриозитет” come from?

куриозитет (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Kuriosität, from Latin curiositas, from German kurios, from Latin curiosus, from Latin -osus, from Old Latin -osos, from Latin ont-to-s, from Latin -o-wont-to-s.

куриозитет (Serbo-Croatian): curiosity

Definitions

  1. curiosity

Ancestry of “куриозитет”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKuriositätcuriosity
2Latincuriositascuriosity, inquisitiveness
3Germankurios—
4LatincuriosusCareful, diligent, thoughtful, devoted;...
5Latin-osus-ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to
6Old Latin-ososaccusative masculine plural of -ōsus
7Latinont-to-s—
8Latin-o-wont-to-s—
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