English
magnorder
Magnorder comes from Latin magnus ‘large, great, important’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*méǵh₂s‘great’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*m̥ǵh₂nósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*magnos‘great’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmagnus‘large, great, important’
- Englishtodaymagnorder
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*méǵh₂s‘great’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*m̥ǵh₂nósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*magnos‘great’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmagnus‘large, great, important’
- Englishtodaymagnorder
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s ‘great’
major, master, mayor, maxim, mair, mickle, muckle, maggiore, mahila, 15 more
through Latin magnus ‘large, great, important’
Today it means
noun A taxon one rank above a superorder, and below gigaorder or a class. A magnorder is the highest taxonomic ranking of order.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s / magnorder