Where does “Magnat” come from?

Magnat (German) comes from Latin magnatus, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

Magnat (German): magnate

Definitions

  1. magnate

Ancestry of “Magnat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmagnatusmagnate
2Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “Magnat”

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