Where does “magnat” come from?

magnat (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin magnates, from Latin magnas, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

magnat (Norwegian Bokmål): magnate, tycoon

Definitions

  1. magnate, tycoon

Ancestry of “magnat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmagnatesnominative plural of magnās; accusative plural of...
2Latinmagnasa great man, important person, magnate;...
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 magnas →