Where does “magnolia” come from?

Magnolia is an English noun derived from Latin magnolia, from Ancient Greek -ία, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -h₂.

magnolia (English): A tree or shrub in any species of the genus...

Definitions

  1. A tree or shrub in any species of the genus...

Ancestry of “magnolia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualMagnoliagenus name
2New Latinmagnolia—
3FrenchMagnol—
4Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “magnolia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →Every word from Latin magnus →Every word from French Magnol →