English
mansuetudinous
Mansuetudinous comes from Latin mansuētūdō ‘tameness’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmansuētūdōas mansuētūdin-‘tameness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1918mansuetudinous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmansuētūdōas mansuētūdin-‘tameness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1918mansuetudinous
Earliest quotation: 1918, The Times, History of the War - Volume 16: “to themselves for what they deemed to be a…”
Formed from -ous
Every English word from Latin mansuētūdō
Today it means
adj Of, pertaining to, or characterized by mansuetude; mild; meek; gentle.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mansuētūdō / mansuetudinous