Where does “magnificat” come from?
magnificat (Latin) comes from Latin magnifico, from Latin magnificus, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
magnificat (Latin): third-person singular present active indicative...
Definitions
- third-person singular present active indicative...
Ancestry of “magnificat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | magnifico | I prize, esteem highly; I praise, glorify, or... |
| 2 | Latin | magnificus | great, noble, distinguished, eminent, august;... |
| 3 | Latin | magnus | large, big; great; important |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |
Words derived from “magnificat”