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

  1. Powerful industrialist; captain of industry; A...

Ancestry of “magnate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmagnatesnominative plural of magnās; accusative plural of...
2Latinmagnasa great man, important person, magnate;...
3Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “magnate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →Every word from Latin magnus →Every word from Latin magnas →