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

Definitions

  1. magnate, tycoon, baron

Ancestry of “magnat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmagnatusmagnate
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 magnatus →
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