Etymograph

English

tediousome

From tedious + -some.

Formed from tedious + -some

Latin taedeō ‘to be disgusted’

Latin taedium ‘weariness, tedium’

Late Latin taediōsus ‘tedious, boring, wearisome, monotonous’

Old French tedieus

English tedious

Today it means

adj Characterised or marked by tediousness; wearisome.

Sources

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