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

  1. majestic; A direction to perform a passage or...

Ancestry of “maestoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmaestàmajesty
2Latinmāiestāsmajesty, greatness, grandeur, prestige
3Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “maestoso”

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