Where does “meirande” come from?

meirande (Galician) comes from Galician máis, from Latin magis, from Dutch magisch, from Dutch magie, from French magie, from Middle French magie, from Latin magīa, from Ancient Greek μαγεία — to be able.

meirande (Galician): major, greater

Definitions

  1. major, greater

Ancestry of “meirande”, step by step

meirande traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician máis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianmáismore, especially used in forming the superlative...
2Latinmagismore; more greatly; better
3Dutchmagischmagical, controlled or determined by supernatural...
4Dutchmagiemagic, sorcery occult woo, black or white magic, etc.; hence supernatural occurrences or phenonomena
5Frenchmagiemagic; A magical, surprising, fascinating feat;...
6Middle Frenchmagie
7Latinmagīamagic, sorcery
8Ancient Greekμαγείαtheology of the Magians
9Ancient GreekΜάγοςmagician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster,...
10Old Persian𐎶𐎦𐏁priest
11Proto-Iranianmagúš
12Proto-Indo-Iranianmagʰúš
13Proto-Indo-Europeanmegʰ-ú-s
14Proto-Indo-Europeanmegʰ-to be able

via Galician grande

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciangrandelarge
2Old Portuguesegrandebig, great
3Latingrandisfull-grown, grown up; large, great, grand, lofty;...
4Proto-Italic*grandis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European megʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European megʰ-ú-sEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian magʰúš