Colossus is a popular large  Lovatts crossword but where did the name come from?

In Ancient Greek the word  was first used by the historian Herodotus as a name for certain gigantic statues in Egypt.

It became better known, of course, when applied to the Colossus of Rhodes, a 36 metre-high statue of Apollo that stood at the entrance to Rhodes Harbour.

It wasn’t until the 18th century the word colossal found its way into the English language.