Where does “pomposo” come from?

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

pomposo (Spanish): pompous, highfalutin

Definitions

  1. pompous, highfalutin

Ancestry of “pomposo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinpomposus—
2Latinpompaprocession, parade; pomp
3Ancient Greekπομπήa sending; a solemn procession; pomp
4Ancient Greek-ήsuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
5Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “pomposo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ή →Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ →