The story
- Latin · derived frommōnstruōsus
- Late Latin · derived frommōnstruōsitās
- Middle French · derived frommonstruosité
- Middle English · inherited frommonstruosite
- English todaymonstrosity
From Middle English monstruosite, from Middle French monstruosité and its etymon Late Latin mōnstruōsitās, mōnstrōsitās (“monstrousness”), from Latin mōnstruōsus, mōnstrōsus; by surface analysis, monstrous + -ity.
Words from the same roots
Latinmōnstruōsus all →
monstruous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.