Etymology of the French word major
the French word
majorderived 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)
Date
The earliest known usage of major in French dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in French
tambour-majorDerivations in other languages
Portuguese
majorCognates
Dutch
majoor, English
major, German
Major, Icelandic
major, Lithuanian
majoras, Polish
major, Russian
майop, Swedish
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