Where does “maieste” come from?
maieste (Middle English) comes from Old French majesté, from Latin māiestās, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
Ancestry of “maieste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | majesté | majesty; majesticness |
| 2 | Latin | māiestās | — |
| 3 | Latin | magnus | large, big; great; important |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |