The story
- Latin · derived frommonstrum
- English todayhippopotomonstrosesquipedalian
An extension of sesquipedalian using a modified form of hippopotamus and Latin monstrum, with the extensions almost certainly chosen with the intention of making the new construct autological.
Words from the same roots
Latinmonstrum all →
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.