Proto-Indo-European

*meǵh₂-

‘big’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-.

16 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-, most familiar first.

• much ← muche ← muchel ← myċel ← *mikil
• majority ← maiorité ← maiōritātem ← maiōritās ← maior
• magistrate ← magistrat ← magistrātus ← magister ← *magisteros
• mastery ← maistery ← maistrie ← maistre ← magister
• maestro ← magister ← *magisteros
• merino ← maiōrīnus ← maiōr ← *majjōs ← *méǵh₂yōs
• meister ← meistar ← magister ← *magisteros
• masterly ← maisterli ← maister ← maistre ← magister
• magisterium ← magister ← *magisteros
• maestria ← maestro ← magister ← *magisteros
• majorant ← majorer ← maior ← *majjōs ← *méǵh₂yōs
• majorat ← majeur ← majeur ← maior ← *majjōs

More words from *meǵh₂-

• magistricide
• majusculae
• majoration
• majorate
• major

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-