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Etymology · Ancient Greek

κολοσσός

3 English words descend from Ancient Greek κολοσσός, most common first.

collTo hug or embrace.
colossalExtremely large or on a great scale.
colossusA statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.