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*méǵh₂s1‘big, great’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m̥ǵh₂nós1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*magnos2reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmagnus1‘big, large’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmagnāle1‘mighty work or deed’
- Englishearliest quotation 1658magnality1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English magnality
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin magnus
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter III.: “The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſome ſeeds extending to…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*méǵh₂sWiktionary, English magnality‘big, great’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m̥ǵh₂nósWiktionary, English magnalityreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*magnosWiktionary, Latin magnusreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmagnusWiktionary, English magnality‘big, large’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmagnāleWiktionary, English magnality‘mighty work or deed’
- Englishearliest quotation 1658magnalityWiktionary, English magnality. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 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, 15 more
through Latin magnus ‘big, large’
Today it means
noun A great or wonderful thing; a marvel.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “magnality”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin magnus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s / magnality