Where does “large” come from?

Large comes from Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, the feminine form of Latin largus meaning broad or wide.

large (English): Of considerable or relatively great size or...

Definitions

  1. Of considerable or relatively great size or...

Ancestry of “large”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishlarge
2Old Frenchlargegenerous; large; big; wide
3Latinlarganominative feminine singular of largus;...
4Latinlargusabundant, copious, plentiful, large, abounding in...

Words derived from “large

Every word from Latin largus