Where does “majesté” come from?

majesté (Old French) comes from Latin māiestās, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

majesté (Old French): majesty; majesticness

Definitions

  1. majesty; majesticness

Ancestry of “majesté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmāiestāsmajesty, greatness, grandeur, prestige
2Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “majesté”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →Every word from Latin magnus →Every word from Latin māiestās →