Where does “magnate” come from?

magnate (Italian) comes from Latin magnas, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

magnate (Italian): magnate, tycoon, captain of industry

Definitions

  1. magnate, tycoon, captain of industry

Ancestry of “magnate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmagnasa great man, important person, magnate;...
2Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →Every word from Latin magnus →Every word from Latin magnas →