Where does “magnolia” come from?

magnolia (Polish) comes from French magnolia, from Translingual Magnolia, from New Latin magnolia, from French Magnol, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

magnolia (Polish): magnolia

Definitions

  1. magnolia

Ancestry of “magnolia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmagnoliamagnolia tree, flower
2TranslingualMagnoliagenus name
3New Latinmagnolia—
4FrenchMagnol—
5Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →Every word from Latin magnus →Every word from French Magnol →