Where does “մեծատառ” come from?

մեծատառ (Armenian) comes from Armenian մեծ, from Old Armenian մեծ, from Old Armenian ան-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

մեծատառ (Armenian): capital letter, capital, uppercase letter;...

Definitions

  1. capital letter, capital, uppercase letter;...

Ancestry of “մեծատառ”, step by step

մեծատառ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Armenian մեծ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianմեծbig, large; spacious, voluminous, sizable; lofty,...
2Old Armenianմեծgreat; large, big; strong, powerful, mighty;...
3Old Armenianան-a privative prefix, without, -less, un-, dis-;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

via Armenian տառ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianտառletter
2Old Armenianտառelement; letter, character; letter, epistle
3Old Armenianտարրelement, elementary substance or matter; article;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeandórutree
5Proto-Indo-Europeandrew-hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neEvery word from Proto-Indo-European n̥-Every word from Old Armenian ան-
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