Etymology

portentousness

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Today it means: The quality of being portentous Full definition →

English portentous ← Middle English portentuous ← Latin portentōsus
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The story

  1. Latinportendō
  2. Latinportentum
  3. Latinportentōsus
  4. Middle Frenchportentueux
  5. Latinportentōsus
  6. Middle Englishportentuous
  7. Englishportentous
  8. English todayportentousness

From portentous + -ness.

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