English
enorm
Enorm comes from Middle French enorme ‘enormous’, and goes back to Latin enormis.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEenormis‘enormous, immense’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600enorme‘enormous’
- Englishearliest quotation 1609enorm
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEenormis‘enormous, immense’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600enorme‘enormous’
- Englishearliest quotation 1609enorm
Earliest quotation: 1609, Ammianus Marcellinus, The Roman Historie: “The Alani[…]wander[…]in[…]enorme and huge cantons”.
Every English word from Latin enormis
Today it means
adj enormous
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin enormis / enorm