Words that come from Proto-Italic “magjōs”

203 words across 48 languages descend from Proto-Italic magjōs — including major, majority, majesty, mayor, majestic, majestically, mayoral, Majorca.

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English (52)

French (20)

Irish (11)

Latin (10)

Spanish (9)

Italian (8)

Portuguese (8)

Finnish (7)

Dutch (6)

Old Portuguese (6)

German (5)

Russian (4)

Swedish (3)

Macedonian (3)

Welsh (3)

Old French (3)

Norman (3)

Middle English (3)

Catalan (2)

Breton (2)

Estonian (2)

Swahili (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Scottish Gaelic (2)

Late Latin (2)

Middle French (1)

Asturian (1)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Galician (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Ladin (1)

Greek (1)

Istriot (1)

Friulian (1)

Indonesian (1)

Hausa (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Hindi (1)

Cebuano (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Romanian (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Old Irish (1)

Medieval Latin (1)