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Valea Mare Pravăț

Valea Mare Pravăț comes from Romanian Valea Mare Pravăț, and goes back to mare ‘big’.

  1. Romanianc. 1500–presentmare‘big’
  2. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentValea Mare Pravăț
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Romanianc. 1500–presentmare‘big’
  2. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentValea Mare Pravăț
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

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

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

through Proto-Italic *majjōs

majority, 5 more

through Latin maior

major, mayor, merino, maggiore, 6 more

Today it means

name A commune and village in Argeș County, Romania,

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

Etymograph / Romanian mare / Valea Mare Pravăț