Where does “maestoso” come from?
maestoso (English) comes from Italian maestoso, from Italian maestà, from Latin māiestās, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
maestoso (English): majestically
Ancestry of “maestoso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | maestoso | majestic; A direction to perform a passage or... |
| 2 | Italian | maestà | majesty |
| 3 | Latin | māiestās | — |
| 4 | Latin | magnus | large, big; great; important |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |