Where does “peligroso” come from?

peligroso (Spanish) comes from Latin periculosus, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.

peligroso (Spanish): perilous, dangerous

Definitions

  1. perilous, dangerous

Ancestry of “peligroso”, step by step

peligroso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin periculosus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpericulosusdangerous, hazardous, perilous
2Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
3Old Latin-ōssus—

via Old Spanish perigloso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishperigloso—

Words derived from “peligroso”

Every word from Old Latin -ōssus →Every word from Latin -ōsus →Every word from Latin periculosus →