major
Estonian
noun
Definitions
- major rank
Etymology
Borrowed from German Major 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
- māior Latin
- Majestät German
- Major German
- Majorin German
- Meijer Dutch, Flemish
- major French
- майор Russian
- mayor Spanish, Castilian
- major Swedish
- maire Old French
- major Serbo-Croatian
- major Catalan, Valencian
- kindral Estonian
- kindralmajor Estonian
- màger Occitan
- *magjōs Proto-Italic
- mayor Crimean Tatar