- prodigious (adj.)[prodigious 词源字典]
- 1550s, "ominous," from Middle French prodigieux and directly from Latin prodigiosus "strange, wonderful, marvelous, unnatural," from prodigium (see prodigy). Meaning "vast, enormous" is from c. 1600. Related: Prodigiously; prodigiosity.[prodigious etymology, prodigious origin, 英语词源]