Where does “antimagnate” come from?
antimagnate (English) comes from English magnate, from Late Latin magnates, from Latin magnas, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
antimagnate (English): Opposing magnates
Definitions
- Opposing magnates
Ancestry of “antimagnate”, step by step
antimagnate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English magnate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | magnate | Powerful industrialist; captain of industry; A... |
| 2 | Late Latin | magnates | nominative plural of magnās; accusative plural of... |
| 3 | Latin | magnas | a great man, important person, magnate;... |
| 4 | Latin | magnus | large, big; great; important |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |