Where does “tam magnus” come from?
tam magnus (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin tam magnus, from Latin tam, from Proto-Indo-European téh₂m, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
tam magnus (Vulgar Latin): very big; size
Ancestry of “tam magnus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | tam magnus | very big; size |
| 2 | Latin | tam | so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | téh₂m | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
Words derived from “tam magnus”