Etymology

majorly

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Today it means: significantly; very, very much Full definition →

English major ← Middle English major ← Latin maior
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
  2. Proto-Indo-European*méǵyōs
  3. Proto-Italic*majjōs
  4. Latinmaior
  5. Middle Englishmajor
  6. Englishmajor
  7. English todaymajorly

From major + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.