Etymograph

English

grandioso

Grandioso comes from Italian grandioso ‘grandiose, magnificent’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *grandis.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grandisreconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrandis‘great, grand’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentgrandioso‘grandiose, magnificent’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grandisreconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrandis‘great, grand’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentgrandioso‘grandiose, magnificent’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin grandis ‘great, grand’

aggrandizement, 9 more

Today it means

noun A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a grand and noble style

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *grandis / grandioso

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