Where does “mágnás” come from?

mágnás (Hungarian) comes from Medieval Latin magnas, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

mágnás (Hungarian): magnate

Definitions

  1. magnate

Ancestry of “mágnás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinmagnasan important person; a great man, important...
2Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “mágnás”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →Every word from Latin magnus →Every word from Medieval Latin magnas →