Where does “maiorité” come from?
maiorité (Middle French) comes from Medieval Latin maioritatem, from Latin maioritas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
maiorité (Middle French): majority
Definitions
- majority
Ancestry of “maiorité”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | maioritatem | accusative singular of māiōritās |
| 2 | Latin | maioritas | majority; superiority |
| 3 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “maiorité”
- majority
- majoritarian
- supermajority
- majoritarianism
- nonmajoritarian
- antimajoritarian
- antimajoritarianism
- majoritive
- antimajority
- hypermajority
- majorityhood
- countermajoritarian
- majoritarily
- majoritize
- majoritary
- majority-minority
- nonmajority
- promajority
- submajority
- supramajority
- majoriti
- マジョリティー
- majoritively
- countermajoritarianism