Etymology

asperous

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Today it means: Rough, rugged, uneven. Full definition →

Latin asper
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromasper“rough, coarse”
  2. English todayasperous

From Latin asper (“rough, coarse”) + -ous.

Words from the same roots

Latinasper all →

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