Etymology

spacious

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Today it means: Having plenty of space; roomy; capacious. Full definition →

Middle English spacious ← Old French spacios ← Latin spatiōsus
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  1. Latin · derived fromspatiōsus
  2. Old French · derived fromspacios
  3. Middle English · inherited fromspacious
  4. English todayspacious

From Middle English spacious, from Old French spacios, from Latin spatiōsus. By surface analysis, space + -ious.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.