English
grosso modo
Grosso modo comes from Latin grossō modō ‘roughly, circa, approximately’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrossō modō‘roughly, circa, approximately’
- Englishtodaygrosso modo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrossō modō‘roughly, circa, approximately’
- Englishtodaygrosso modo
Every English word from Latin grossō modō
Today it means
adv roughly, circa or approximately
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin grossō modō / grosso modo