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Where does the word "immense" come from? It comes from Latin immensus, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
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Where does the word "immense" come from? It comes from Latin immensus, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
Immense’s story begins in Latin: immensus meant “unmeasured, immeasurable.” Literally unmeasured, from in- (not) and mensus (measured). It reached English by 1400s as immense. Settled as the English word for something extremely large. Today, immense means extremely large in size, degree, or extent.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient immensus "unmeasured, immeasurable", literally unmeasured, from in- (not) and mensus (measured).
- Stage 2 · English · 1400s immense "extremely large in size or degree", settled as the English word for something extremely large.