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Where does “pomposamente” come from?

pomposamente (Spanish) comes from Spanish pomposo, from Late Latin pomposus, from Latin pompa, from Ancient Greek πομπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

pomposamente (Spanish): pompously

Definitions

  1. pompously

Ancestry of “pomposamente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpomposopompous, highfalutin
2Late Latinpomposus—
3Latinpompaprocession, parade; pomp
4Ancient Greekπομπήa sending; a solemn procession; pomp
5Ancient Greek-ή—
6Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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