Etymology

immense

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Today it means: Huge, gigantic, very large. Full definition →

Middle English immens ← Old French immense ← Latin immensus
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  1. Latin · derived fromimmensus
  2. Old French · derived fromimmense
  3. Middle English · inherited fromimmens
  4. English todayimmense

From Middle English immens, inmens, from Old French immense, from Latin immensus, from in- (“not”) + mensus (“measured”). Compare incommensurable.

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