Where does “tomentoso” come from?
tomentoso (Spanish) comes from New Latin tomentosus, from Latin -osus, from Old Latin -osos, from Latin ont-to-s, from Latin -o-wont-to-s.
tomentoso (Spanish): tomentose
Definitions
- tomentose
Ancestry of “tomentoso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | tomentosus | having a mass of rough hairs |
| 2 | Latin | -osus | -ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to |
| 3 | Old Latin | -osos | accusative masculine plural of -ōsus |
| 4 | Latin | ont-to-s | — |
| 5 | Latin | -o-wont-to-s | — |