Colossal
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early 18th century: from French, from colosse, from Latin colossus (see colossus).
wiktionary
From French colossal, formed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός(kolossós, “giant statue”).
etymonline
colossal (adj.)
"of extraordinary size, huge, gigantic," 1712 (colossic in the same sense is recorded from c. 1600; colossean also was used in 17c.), from French colossal, from colosse, from Latin colossus "statue larger than life," from Greek kolossos "gigantic statue" (see colossus).
