English
fortitudinous
Fortitudinous comes from Latin fortitūdō ‘fortitude, resolve’, from fortis ‘strong, mighty’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to rise, high, hill’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰerǵʰ-‘to rise, high, hill’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*forktis‘strong, powerful’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEforctis
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfortis‘strong, mighty’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfortitūdōas fortitūdin-‘fortitude, resolve’
- Englishearliest quotation 1751fortitudinous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰerǵʰ-‘to rise, high, hill’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*forktis‘strong, powerful’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEforctis
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfortis‘strong, mighty’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfortitūdōas fortitūdin-‘fortitude, resolve’
- Englishearliest quotation 1751fortitudinous
Earliest quotation: 1751, Henry Fielding: “as brave and fortitudinous a man as any in…”
Formed from -ous
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to rise, high, hill’
berry, borough, burgess, barrow, burglar, bourgeois, brie, burgh, burg, brahmin, brahmana, bergh, borgo, broch, bourguignon, 16 more
through Old Latin forctis
through Latin fortis ‘strong, mighty’
force, comfortable, comfort, fortress, forte, forcible, fortification, 11 more
Today it means
adj Having fortitude; courageous.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- / fortitudinous