myEtymology.com: French etymology of vimaire

Etymology of the French word vimaire

the French word vimaire

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)

derived from the Latin word vis (strength , force, power; strength, force, power)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weiə-