Where does “maestoso” come from?
maestoso (Italian) comes from Italian maestà, from Latin māiestās, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
maestoso (Italian): majestic; A direction to perform a passage or...
Definitions
- majestic; A direction to perform a passage or...
Ancestry of “maestoso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | maestà | majesty |
| 2 | Latin | māiestās | — |
| 3 | Latin | magnus | large, big; great; important |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |
Words derived from “maestoso”