Where does “magna” come from?
magna (English) comes from Latin magna, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
magna (English): plural of magnum
Ancestry of “magna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | magna | inflection of magnus:
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| 2 | Latin | magnus | large, big; great; important |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |