Where does “magnat” come from?

magnat (Polish) comes from Latin magnatus, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

magnat (Polish): tycoon, mogul, magnate

Definitions

  1. tycoon, mogul, magnate

Ancestry of “magnat”, step by step

magnat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin magnatus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmagnatusmagnate
2Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

via Late Latin magnās

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmagnās—

Words derived from “magnat”

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