Major
German (Berlin)
noun
Definitions
- (military) major
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian mayor (major, bigger) derived from Latin maior (greater, bigger, superior, larger, major).
Origin
Latin
maior
Gloss
greater, bigger, superior, larger, major
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Maiorica Latin
- maior Latin
- maior domus Latin
- māior Latin
- māior domūs Latin
- Majestät German
- Majorin German
- Meijer Dutch, Flemish
- majoor Dutch, Flemish
- majeur French
- major French
- майор Russian
- Montemayor Spanish, Castilian
- mayor Spanish, Castilian
- mayoral Spanish, Castilian
- mayoreo Spanish, Castilian
- mayorista Spanish, Castilian
- mayormente Spanish, Castilian
- mayoría Spanish, Castilian
- *mag- Proto-Indo-European
- maior Portuguese
- major Swedish
- maior Old French
- maire Old French
- major Serbo-Croatian
- major Catalan, Valencian
- maior Galician
- meier Middle Dutch
- maer Old Irish
- kindralmajor Estonian
- major Estonian
- maior Old Portuguese
- moor Old Portuguese
- мајор Macedonian
- màger Occitan
- *magjōs Proto-Italic
- mayor Asturian
- maiôr Friulian
- mayor Papiamentu
- mayor Crimean Tatar
- maiur Istriot