verbose

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*werh₁-“to say, speak”
2. Latin · derived fromverbōsus“prolix, wordy, verbose”
3. English todayverbose

From Latin verbōsus (“prolix, wordy, verbose”). Verbōsus is derived from verbum (“word”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to say, speak”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, overly, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Equivalent to verb (“word”) + -ose (“-ful”), literally “full of words”.

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