Where does “maestoso” come from?

maestoso (Finnish) comes from Italian maestoso, from Italian maestà, from Latin māiestās, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

maestoso (Finnish): maestoso passage to be played majestically

Definitions

  1. maestoso passage to be played majestically

Ancestry of “maestoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmaestosomajestic; A direction to perform a passage or...
2Italianmaestàmajesty
3Latinmāiestāsmajesty, greatness, grandeur, prestige
4Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →Every word from Latin magnus →Every word from Latin māiestās →
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