Where does “magnitude” come from?

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

magnitude (Portuguese): magnitude size, extent or importance

Definitions

  1. magnitude size, extent or importance

Ancestry of “magnitude”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmagnitūdōgreatness, size, bulk, magnitude; vastness, extent
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 magnitūdō →