The story
- Latin · derived fromgrandis“great, grand”
- Italian · derived fromgrandioso
- French · borrowed fromgrandiose
- English todaygrandiose
From French grandiose, from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Possibly from grand + -ose, though to be debated. Doublet of grandioso.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.