magnificent
/mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/mag-NIH-fuh-suhnt
/mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/mag-NIH-fuh-suhnt
Meaningdoing great things
Common meaning: very impressive and beautiful
- magnigreat, bigLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1098 · scan
- ficto make; to cause to happenLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 716 · scan
- entadjective ending: being or doing
‘great, big’ + ‘to make’ → magnificent
Journey through time
- magni — Latin magnus, -a, -um “great, big” (path traced)
- fic — Latin faciō, fēcī, factum “to make; to cause to happen” (path traced)
Parts join in Latin as magnificens.
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin magnus ‘great, big’ and Latin faciō ‘to make’.
Roots
- faciō, fēcī, factum Latin “to make; to cause to happen”
- magnus, -a, -um Latin “great, big”
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