Where does “ġganti” come from?

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

ġganti (Maltese): gigantic

Definitions

  1. gigantic

Ancestry of “ġganti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malteseġgantgiant
2Italiangigantegiant; huge, gigantic, colossal
3Latingigāsgiant
4Ancient GreekΓίγαςone of the Gigantes; a Gigas
5Ancient GreekΓίγᾱς—
Every word from Ancient Greek Γίγᾱς →Every word from Ancient Greek Γίγας →Every word from Latin gigās →