entusiasmo

/entuˈsjasmo/ · B2 · noun · m

enthusiasm

🎉 Greek en + theos: the god within you, the root of English enthusiasm

It comes from Greek enthousiasmos, being filled by a god. Spanish swaps th for t and adds -o: entusiasmo. Words ending in -ismo are masculine, so it is el entusiasmo.

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