Where does “magnata” come from?

magnata (Portuguese) comes from Latin magnas, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

magnata (Portuguese): tycoon wealthy, powerful business person

Definitions

  1. tycoon wealthy, powerful business person

Ancestry of “magnata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmagnasa great man, important person, magnate;...
2Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- →Every word from Latin magnus →Every word from Latin magnas →