Where does “マグニチュード” come from?

マグニチュード (Japanese) comes from English magnitude, from Latin magnitūdō, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

マグニチュード (Japanese): magnitude

Definitions

  1. magnitude

Ancestry of “マグニチュード”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmagnitudeThe absolute or relative size, extent or...
2Latinmagnitūdōgreatness, size, bulk, magnitude; vastness, extent
3Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →Every word from Latin magnus →Every word from Latin magnitūdō →