| 1 | Middle English | magnificence | — |
| 2 | Old French | magnificence | — |
| 3 | Latin | magnificentia | greatness, magnificence; nobleness, eminence;... |
| 4 | Latin | magnificus | great, noble, distinguished, eminent, august;... |
| 5 | Latin | magnus | large, big; great; important |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |