Where does “mayor” come from?
mayor (Asturian) comes from Latin māior, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
mayor (Asturian): old; older; major
Ancestry of “mayor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | māior | — |
| 2 | Latin | magnus | large, big; great; important |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |