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Where does “absurda” come from?

absurda (Spanish) comes from Spanish absurdo, from Latin absurdus, from Latin absonus, from Latin -sonus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

absurda (Spanish): feminine singular of absurdo

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of absurdo

Ancestry of “absurda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishabsurdoabsurd, ludicrous, ridiculous; something that is...
2Latinabsurdusdiscordant, harsh; incongruous, inconsistent,...
3Latinabsonusharsh, discordant; unsuitable, incongruous
4Latin-sonus—
5Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
6Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
7Proto-Italic-os—
8Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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