Where does “magnifier” come from?
magnifier (Old French) comes from Latin magnificare, from Latin magnifico, from Latin magnificus, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
Ancestry of “magnifier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | magnificare | present active infinitive of magnificō;... |
| 2 | Latin | magnifico | I prize, esteem highly; I praise, glorify, or... |
| 3 | Latin | magnificus | great, noble, distinguished, eminent, august;... |
| 4 | Latin | magnus | large, big; great; important |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |