Proto-Indo-European

*méǵh₂s

‘big, great’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.

29 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s, most familiar first.

• major ← maior ← *majjōs ← *méǵyōs
• master ← maister ← mǣster ← magister ← magester
• mayor ← maire ← maire ← maior ← *majjōs
• magnitude ← magnitūdō ← magnus ← *magnos ← *m̥ǵh₂nós
• magnum ← magnus ← *magnos ← *m̥ǵh₂nós
• maxim ← maxime ← maxima ← maximus ← *magisVmos
• magnate ← magnātēs ← magnus ← *magnos ← *m̥ǵh₂nós
• maxima ← maximus ← *magisVmos
• magnify ← magnifien ← magnifier ← magnificāre ← magnificus
• mair ← māra ← *mikilaz
• maggiore ← maior ← *majjōs ← *méǵyōs
• mickle ← miċel ← *mikil ← *mikilaz

More words from *méǵh₂s

• mahila
• muckle
• magnifico
• mahout
• mahant
• magnific
• mehtar
• magnality
• magnascope
• magniloquous
• magnicide
• mahā
• magnitudinous
• magnorder
• magnitudinal
• mahawat
• megameter
• maximum

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s