Etymograph

English

splendrous

From splendor + -ous.

A compound of splendor + -ous

Proto-Indo-European *spln̥d-eh₁- ‘to be manifest’

Latin splendeō ‘to shine’

Latin splendor ‘sheen, brightness, brilliance, luster, splendor’

Anglo-Norman splendur

English splendor

Today it means

adj Splendid, having splendor.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “splendrous”. 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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