English
magnality
Magnality comes from Latin magnāle ‘mighty work or deed’, from magnus ‘big, large’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*méǵh₂s‘big, great’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*m̥ǵh₂nósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*magnosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmagnus‘big, large’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmagnāle‘mighty work or deed’
- Englishearliest quotation 1658magnality
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*méǵh₂s‘big, great’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*m̥ǵh₂nósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*magnosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmagnus‘big, large’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmagnāle‘mighty work or deed’
- Englishearliest quotation 1658magnality
Earliest quotation: 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter III.: “The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſome ſeeds extending to…”
Formed from -ity
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s ‘big, great’
major, master, mayor, maxim, mair, mickle, maggiore, muckle, mahila, 16 more
through Latin magnus ‘big, large’
Today it means
noun A great or wonderful thing; a marvel.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s / magnality