tamaño

/taˈmaɲo/ · A2 · adj

size

📏 Latin tam magnus = so big; tam + magno squeezed into tamaño

From Latin tam magnus, literally so great. The gn softened into ñ, just as in año and señal. That is why it still works as an adjective meaning such a big, and as a noun it simply means size.

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