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

Definitions

  1. plural of magnum

Ancestry of “magna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmagnainflection of magnus: ## nominative/vocative...
2Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →Every word from Latin magnus →Every word from Latin magna →