Etymograph

English

splendidness

From splendid + -ness.

A compound of splendid + -ness

Proto-Indo-European *spln̥d-eh₁-

Latin splendeō ‘to shine, glitter, gleam, glisten’

Latin splendidus ‘splendid, bright, glittering’

English splendid

Today it means

noun the state or the quality of being splendid.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “splendidness”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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