Where does “majestatif” come from?

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

majestatif (French): majestic

Definitions

  1. majestic

Ancestry of “majestatif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmajestémajesty
2Latinmāiestāsmajesty, greatness, grandeur, prestige
3Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
4Proto-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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