magnoperate

magnoperate · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₃ep-“to toil, work; to make; ability; force”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*méǵh₂s“big, great”
3. English todaymagnoperate

PIE word *méǵh₂s From Latin magnopere (“exceedingly, greatly; earnestly, vehemently”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), modelled after operate, further from the univerbation of magnō (ablative neuter singular of magnus (“big, large; (figuratively) great, important”)) + opere (ablative singular of opus (“labour, toil, accomplishment, work; work (of art, literature, etc.)”)), literally “with great zeal, effort, work done”, ultimately from the roots of Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”)) and Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to toil, work; to make; ability; force”)).

magnoperate · verb²

1. Latin · derived frommagnum opus
2. English todaymagnoperate

From magnum opus + -ate (verb-forming suffix), in this sense coined by the English poet Lord Byron (1788–1824): see the 1821 quotation, further from Latin magnum opus, from magnum (nominative neuter singular of magnus (“big, large; (figuratively) great, important”)) + opus (“accomplishment, work; work (of art, literature, etc.)”); see further at etymology 1.

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