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
- magnate, tycoon, captain of industry
Ancestry of “magnate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | magnas | a great man, important person, magnate;... |
| 2 | Latin | magnus | large, big; great; important |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |