Where does “magnitud” come from?

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

magnitud (Spanish): magnitude

Definitions

  1. magnitude

Ancestry of “magnitud”, 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 →