Etymograph

English

Meijer

Meijer comes from Dutch Meijer, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- ‘great’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meǵh₂-‘great’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*méǵh₂yōsreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*majjōsreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaior
  5. Dutchc. 1500–presentMeijer
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2021same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meǵh₂-‘great’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*méǵh₂yōsreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*majjōsreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaior
  5. Dutchc. 1500–presentMeijer
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2021same form

Earliest quotation: 2021, Devan Cole, Two congressmen traveled to Afghanistan amid frantic evacuat: “As members of Congress, we have a duty to…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- ‘great’

much, magistrate, mastery, maestro, masterly, magisterium, meister, 7 more

through Proto-Italic *majjōs

majority, 5 more

through Latin maior

major, mayor, merino, maggiore, 6 more

Today it means

name A surname from Dutch.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- / Meijer

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