Where does “magnum” come from?

magnum (Finnish) comes from English magnum, from Latin magnum, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

magnum (Finnish): magnum; "short for" magnumpullo

Definitions

  1. magnum; "short for" magnumpullo

Ancestry of “magnum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmagnumA bottle of wine containing 1.5 liters of fluid,...
2Latinmagnumnominative neuter singular of magnus; accusative...
3Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “magnum

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂-Every word from Latin magnusEvery word from Latin magnum