Where does “ġgant” come from?

ġgant (Maltese) comes from Italian gigante, from Latin gigās, from Ancient Greek Γίγας, from Ancient Greek Γίγᾱς.

ġgant (Maltese): giant

Definitions

  1. giant

Ancestry of “ġgant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangigantegiant; huge, gigantic, colossal
2Latingigāsgiant
3Ancient GreekΓίγαςone of the Gigantes; a Gigas
4Ancient GreekΓίγᾱς—

Words derived from “ġgant”

Every word from Ancient Greek Γίγᾱς →Every word from Ancient Greek Γίγας →Every word from Latin gigās →