Etymology

colossal

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Today it means: Extremely large or on a great scale. Full definition →

French colossal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin colossus
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  1. Ancient Greekκολοσσός (kolossós)
  2. Latincolossus
  3. Frenchcolosse
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  6. Frenchcolossal
  7. English todaycolossal

From French colossal, formed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant statue”).

Words from the same roots

Latincolossus all →

colossus

Ancient Greekκολοσσός all →

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