Words that come from Latin “māior”

348 words across 69 languages descend from Latin māior — including major, majority, Major, mayor, Meyer, mair, majoritarian, mayoral.

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English (89)

Spanish (20)

Latin (19)

French (17)

Finnish (17)

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