Etymology

megaproject

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Today it means: A very large public investment project, especially one costing more than one billion US dollars. Full definition →

English project ← Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs) ← Proto-Hellenic *mégas
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mégas
  3. Ancient Greekμέγᾰς (mégăs)
  4. Englishmega-
  5. Englishproject
  6. English todaymegaproject

From mega- + project.

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