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
Ancestry of “magnat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | magnates | nominative plural of magnās; accusative plural of... |
| 2 | Latin | magnas | a great man, important person, magnate;... |
| 3 | Latin | magnus | large, big; great; important |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |