myEtymology.com: French etymology of majorité

Etymology of the French word majorité

the French word majorité

derived from the Medieval Latin word maioritas (majority; greater size, rank)

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 majority, German Majorität, Norwegian majorität, Provençal majoritat, Swedish majoritet