Where does “Magnificat” come from?

Magnificat comes from Latin magnificat, the third-person singular present tense of magnifico, meaning to make great, derived from magnificus (great) and -ficens (making), ultimately from Latin facio (to make, to do) and Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- (to place or put).

Ancestry of “Magnificat”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	magnificat	third-person singular present active indicative...
2	Latin	magnifico	I prize, esteem highly; I praise, glorify, or...
3	Latin	magnificus	great, noble, distinguished, eminent, august;...
4	Latin	magnus	large, big; great; important
5	Proto-Indo-European	meǵh₂-	big, great; great; big, stour, great

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