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
Ancestry of “mágnás”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | magnas | an important person; a great man, important... |
| 2 | Latin | magnus | large, big; great; important |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |
Words derived from “mágnás”