Where does “magnitudo” come from?
magnitudo (Latin) comes from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
Ancestry of “magnitudo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | magnus | large, big; great; important |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |