splendiferous

The story

1. Latin · derived fromsplendor
2. Late Latin · derived fromsplendōrifer
3. Medieval Latin · derived fromsplendiferus
4. Middle English · inherited fromsplendiferous
5. English todaysplendiferous

From Middle English splendiferous, from Medieval Latin splendiferus + -ous, from Late Latin splendōrifer, from Latin splendor + -fer (“bearing”). Reintroduced humorously into English c. 1837.

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