Where does “Big Mac” come from?
Big Mac (Portuguese) comes from English Big Mac, from English Mac, from English macaroni, from Italian maccaroni, from Italian maccherone, from Byzantine Greek μακαρία, from Ancient Greek Μακάριος, from Ancient Greek -ισμός — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.
Big Mac (Portuguese): Big Mac
Ancestry of “Big Mac”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Big Mac | A hamburger from the fast food company... |
| 2 | English | Mac | "Have you got a light, Mac?"; son of; A Macintosh... |
| 3 | English | macaroni | A type of pasta in the form of short tubes;... |
| 4 | Italian | maccaroni | — |
| 5 | Italian | maccherone | macaroni |
| 6 | Byzantine Greek | μακαρία | food made from barley |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Μακάριος | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |