Where does “magnus” come from?

magnus (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

magnus (Latin): large, big; great; important

Definitions

  1. large, big; great; important

Ancestry of “magnus”, step by step

magnus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

via Proto-Italic *magnos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*magnos—

Words derived from “magnus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →