Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*megʰ-
5 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-, most common first.
- mainOf chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
- dismayTo cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy.
- magiChiefly preceded by the (three): the wise men who visited and gave gifts to the baby Jesus at the Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number and sometimes named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior, but the Bible does not state how many there were or their names).
- mightilyWith much physical force, power, or strength; also, with divine or superhuman power or strength.
- amainWith all of one's might; mightily; forcefully, violently.