Where does “magnum” come from?

Magnum comes from Latin magnum, the neuter form of magnus meaning "great," from Proto-Italic magnos, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root maǵ- or méǵh₂s.

magnum (English): A bottle of wine containing 1.5 liters of fluid,...

Definitions

  1. A bottle of wine containing 1.5 liters of fluid,...

Ancestry of “magnum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmagnumnominative neuter singular of magnus; accusative...
2Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “magnum”

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