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Where does “large” come from?

large (Middle English) comes from Old French large, from Latin larga, from Latin largus — abundant, copious, plentiful, large, abounding in...

Ancestry of “large”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlargegenerous; large; big; wide
2Latinlarganominative feminine singular of largus;...
3Latinlargusabundant, copious, plentiful, large, abounding in...

Words derived from “large”

  • large
  • largely
  • largeness
  • largescale
  • largemouth
  • largish
  • overlarge
  • inlarge
  • extralarge
  • largeish
  • ultralarge
  • superlarge
  • largie
  • nonlarge
  • largen
  • largeleaf
  • large quasar group
  • large-handed
  • large-handedness
  • large-handedly
  • writ large
  • largenose
  • large-scale
  • overlargeness
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