mayor

Asturian

adj-mf

Definitions

old
older
(music) major

Etymology

Inherited from Latin māior (principal, main, greater, elder, bigger, larger).

Origin

Latin

māior

Gloss

principal, main, greater, elder, bigger, larger

Concept

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Cognition

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

maior domus Latin
māior Latin
māior domūs Latin
Major German
majeur French
mayor Spanish, Castilian
*mag- Proto-Indo-European
maior Old French
maire Old French
maior Galician
meier Middle Dutch
maer Old Irish
maior Old Portuguese
moor Old Portuguese
мајор Macedonian
maiôr Friulian
maiur Istriot