Where does “colosal” come from?

colosal (Spanish) comes from French colossal, from French -ál, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

colosal (Spanish): colossal

Definitions

  1. colossal

Ancestry of “colosal”, step by step

colosal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French colossal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcolossalcolossal, huge
2French-álal; appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form; often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

via Spanish coloso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcolosocolossus
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from French -ál →