Etymology

maggiore

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Italian maggiore ← Latin maior ← Proto-Italic *majjōs
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
  2. Proto-Indo-European*méǵyōs
  3. Proto-Italic*majjōs
  4. Latinmaior
  5. Italianmaggiore
  6. English todaymaggiore

Borrowed from Italian maggiore.

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