Where does “maiolan” come from?

maiolan (Old High German) comes from Latin maioranus, from Latin māior, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

Ancestry of “maiolan”, step by step

maiolan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin maioranus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmaioranusancestor; mayoral
2Latinmāiorancestors, forefathers; advanced in years, the aged; the elders
3Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

via Medieval Latin maiorana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinmaioranamarjoram; marjoram , a plant of the mint family;...
2Latinmezurana—
3Sanskritमरुवmarjoram

Words derived from “maiolan”

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