myEtymology.com: Anglo-Norman etymology of mairalte

Etymology of the Anglo-Norman word mairalte

the Anglo-Norman word mairalte

derived from the Old French word maire

derived from the Medieval Latin word maior (ancestors; mayor)

derived from the Latin word magnus (large; full, complete, utter; great; mighty; distinguished; large, great, big)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meg- (great)

English mayoralty