Where does “missimoguli” come from?

missimoguli (Finnish) comes from Finnish missi, from English Miss, from English Mistress, from Middle English maistresse, from Old French maistresse, from Old French maistre, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros — big, great.

missimoguli (Finnish): beauty pageant mogul person who owns a beauty pageant contest

Definitions

  1. beauty pageant mogul person who owns a beauty pageant contest

Ancestry of “missimoguli”, step by step

missimoguli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish missi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmissibeauty queen, miss
2EnglishMissForm of address, now used chiefly for an...
3EnglishMistressUsed as the title of a married woman before her...
4Middle Englishmaistressemistress
5Old Frenchmaistresse
6Old Frenchmaistremaster; Master; magister
7Latinmagisterteacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,...
8Proto-Italicmagisterosbigger, greater
9Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂isteros
10Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great

via Finnish moguli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmoguliA mogul
2EnglishmogulA rich or powerful person; a magnate; A hump or...
3PersianمغولMongol
4MongolianᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯMongol, Mongolian
5Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
6Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
7Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
8Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂sEvery word from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂isterosEvery word from Proto-Italic magisteros
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