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===Adjectives===
===Adjectives===
The prefix ''ro-'' 'very, extreme(ly), great(ly)' was borrowed from Celtic (Proto-Celtic ''*ɸro-''; cognate to Irish ''ró-'', Welsh ''rhy'', both 'too, excessively'). At first only adjectives could take this prefix, but later it was also used on nouns.
A very common way to express 'very, extreme(ly), great(ly)' was to use the prefix ''ro-'' (borrowed from Proto-Celtic ''*ɸro-''; cognate to Irish ''ró-'', Welsh ''rhy'', both 'too, excessively'). At first only adjectives could take this prefix, but later it was also used on nouns.


===Verbs===
===Verbs===