Words that come from Latin “magnus”

400 words across 32 languages descend from Latin magnus — including major, Miss, master, majority, Mrs, magnitude, magnificent, mistress.

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English (251)

French (30)

Italian (29)

Latin (24)

Hungarian (12)

Dutch (7)

Crimean Tatar (6)

Middle French (4)

Asturian (3)

Catalan (3)

Old Occitan (3)

Russian (2)

Turkish (2)

Istriot (2)

Swedish (2)

Dalmatian (2)

Esperanto (2)

Breton (2)

Galician (1)

Aromanian (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Fala (1)

Translingual (1)

Irish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Fiji Hindi (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Ladin (1)

Chuukese (1)

Ido (1)

Polish (1)