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

  1. nominative plural of magnās; accusative plural of...

Ancestry of “magnates”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmagnasa great man, important person, magnate;...
2Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “magnates”

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