Where does “magnates” come from?
magnates (Late Latin) comes from Latin magnas, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
magnates (Late Latin): nominative plural of magnās; accusative plural of...
Definitions
- nominative plural of magnās; accusative plural of...
Ancestry of “magnates”, 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 |
Words derived from “magnates”