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Where does “ματζόρε” come from?

ματζόρε (Greek) comes from Italian maggiore, from Latin māior, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

ματζόρε (Greek): major

Definitions

  1. major

Ancestry of “ματζόρε”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmaggiorebigger, greater; biggest, greatest; longer,...
2Latinmāior—
3Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great
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