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”

Every word from Latin largus →Every word from Latin larga →Every word from Old French large →