Where does “large” come from?

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

large (Norman): wide; open sea, deep sea

Definitions

  1. wide; open sea, deep sea

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 →