Where does “mageste” come from?

mageste (Middle English) comes from Old French majesté, from Latin māiestās, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

mageste (Middle English): That which befits a monarch; majesty, might,...

Definitions

  1. That which befits a monarch; majesty, might,...

Ancestry of “mageste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmajestémajesty; majesticness
2Latinmāiestāsmajesty, greatness, grandeur, prestige
3Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →Every word from Latin magnus →Every word from Latin māiestās →