The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*m̥ǵh₂nós
- Latin · derived frommagnāle“mighty work or deed”
- English todaymagnality
From Latin magnāle (“mighty work or deed”) (from magnus (“big, large; great; important”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂nós, from *méǵh₂s (“big, great”)) + -ity.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*m̥ǵh₂nós all →
magnolia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.