enormidad

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider.

Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō

Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ

Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn)

Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor.

Etruscanbor.?

Latin nōrma

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.?

Proto-Italic *-is

Latin -is

Latin ēnormis

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Proto-Italic *-tāts

Latin -tās

Latin ēnormitātembor.

Spanish enormidad

Borrowed from Latin ēnormitātem. By surface analysis, enorme +‎ -idad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enoɾmiˈdad/ [e.noɾ.miˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: e‧nor‧mi‧dad

Noun

enormidad f (plural enormidades)

1. enormousness, immenseness, hugeness

   Synonyms: inmensidad, gigantez

Related terms

• enorme

Further reading

• “enormidad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025