Etymology

majusculae

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Today it means: capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier Full definition →

Latin majusculae
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  1. Latin · borrowed frommajusculae
  2. English todaymajusculae

Unadapted borrowing from Latin majusculae, feminine plural form of majusculus (“somewhat greater or great”), diminutive of major, majus.

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