Where does “magnate” come from?
Magnate comes from Late Latin magnates, plural of magnus meaning "great," from Latin magnus, traced through Proto-Italic magnos and Proto-Indo-European maǵ- to the root méǵh₂s.
magnate (English): Powerful industrialist; captain of industry; A...
Definitions
- Powerful industrialist; captain of industry; A...
Ancestry of “magnate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Late Latin | magnates | nominative plural of magnās; accusative plural of... |
| 2 | Latin | magnas | a great man, important person, magnate;... |
| 3 | Latin | magnus | large, big; great; important |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |
Words derived from “magnate”