Where does “magnat” come from?
magnat (Romanian) comes from Latin magnatus, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
magnat (Romanian): magnate, tycoon, baron
Ancestry of “magnat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | magnatus | magnate |
| 2 | Latin | magnus | large, big; great; important |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |