Where does “cortísimo” come from?

cortísimo (Spanish) comes from Spanish -ísimo, from Latin -issimus, from Proto-Italic *-isəmos — forms superlative forms of adjectives.

cortísimo (Spanish): superlative degree of corto

Definitions

  1. superlative degree of corto

Ancestry of “cortísimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-ísimoAdded to adjectives to form the absolute...
2Latin-issimusadded to an adjective noun to form its...
3Proto-Italic*-isəmosforms superlative forms of adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic *-isəmos →Every word from Latin -issimus →Every word from Spanish -ísimo →