English
maestoso
Maestoso comes from Italian maestoso ‘majestic’, and goes back to Latin maiestas.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaiestasas maiestātem‘majesty, greatness, grandeur, prestige’
- Italianc. 1300–presentmaestà‘majesty’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentmaestoso‘majestic’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaiestasas maiestātem‘majesty, greatness, grandeur, prestige’
- Italianc. 1300–presentmaestà‘majesty’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentmaestoso‘majestic’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin maiestas ‘majesty, greatness, grandeur, prestige’
Today it means
adv majestically
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin maiestas / maestoso