Where does “magnitude” come from?

magnitude (French) comes from Latin magnitūdō, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

magnitude (French): magnitude

Definitions

  1. magnitude

Ancestry of “magnitude”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmagnitūdōgreatness, size, bulk, magnitude; vastness, extent
2Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “magnitude”

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