Etymograph

English

supercolossal

From super- + colossal.

A compound of super- + colossal

Ancient Greek κολοσσός ‘giant statue’

Latin colossus ‘colossus, giant statue’

French colosse ‘colossus’

French colossal ‘colossal, huge’

English colossal

Today it means

adj Exceedingly large.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “supercolossal”. 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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