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
- A tree or shrub in any species of the genus...
Ancestry of “magnolia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Translingual | Magnolia | genus name |
| 2 | New Latin | magnolia | — |
| 3 | French | Magnol | — |
| 4 | Latin | magnus | large, big; great; important |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |
Words derived from “magnolia”