Where does “magnum” come from?

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

magnum (French): 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →Every word from Latin magnus →Every word from Latin magnum →