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Where does “formidablemente” come from?

formidablemente (Spanish) comes from Spanish formidable, from Latin formīdābilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

formidablemente (Spanish): wonderfully, incredibly

Definitions

  1. wonderfully, incredibly

Ancestry of “formidablemente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishformidablegreat, fantastic, tremendous; formidable
2Latinformīdābilis—
3Latin-bilis-ble
4Proto-Italic-ðlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
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