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Where does “Magnolia” come from?

Magnolia (Translingual) comes from New Latin magnolia, from French Magnol, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

Magnolia (Translingual): genus name

Definitions

  1. genus name

Ancestry of “Magnolia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinmagnolia—
2FrenchMagnol—
3Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “Magnolia”

  • magnoliaceous
  • magnolia
  • magnolia
  • Magnoliopsida
  • Magnoliophyta
  • Magnolioideae
  • Magnoliaceae
  • Magnoliales
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