Where does “Big Mac” come from?
Big Mac (English) comes from English Mac, from English macaroni, from Italian maccaroni, from Italian maccherone, from Byzantine Greek μακαρία, from Ancient Greek Μακάριος, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.
Big Mac (English): A hamburger from the fast food company...
Definitions
- A hamburger from the fast food company...
Ancestry of “Big Mac”, step by step
Big Mac traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Mac
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Mac | "Have you got a light, Mac?"; son of; A Macintosh... |
| 2 | English | macaroni | A type of pasta in the form of short tubes;... |
| 3 | Italian | maccaroni | — |
| 4 | Italian | maccherone | macaroni |
| 5 | Byzantine Greek | μακαρία | food made from barley |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Μακάριος | blessed, happy |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |
via English big
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | big | Of great size, large; Thought to have undue... |
| 2 | Middle English | big | — |
| 3 | Middle English | biggen | build; dwell |
| 4 | Old Norse | byggja | to settle, build; to inhabit, dwell, live; to let... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | būwijaną | to settle, to inhabit |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | būaną | to dwell, reside |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |