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What is the origin of the word – Awesome?

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What is the origin of the word – Awesome?

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The word “awe” is Germanic in origin and originally meant fear or terror. The suffix “-some” is Old English and was used to transform an attribute or characteristic of something into an adjective. The word “awesome” was first recorded in 1598.

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