Etymology

ominous

o·mi·nous
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Today it means: Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant. Full definition →

Latin ōminōsus ← Old Latin osmen
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The story

  1. Old Latin · derived fromosmen
  2. Latin · derived fromōminōsus“full of foreboding”
  3. English todayominous

From Latin ōminōsus (“full of foreboding”), from ōmen (“forbidden fruit, omen”), from Old Latin osmen, of uncertain origin, with many origins proposed (see ōmen).

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