major
French
noun
Definitions
- major, the upper rank of French non-commissioned officers
Etymology
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
- comajor English
- major English
- major junior English
- majorette English
- majorise English
- majorization English
- majorize English
- majorly English
- majorship English
- midmajor English
- minimajor English
- nonmajor English
- premajor English
- semimajor English
- submajor English
- supermajor English
- Maiorica Latin
- maior Latin
- Majestät German
- Major German
- Meijer Dutch, Flemish
- майор Russian
- mayor Spanish, Castilian
- major Swedish
- maire Old French
- major Catalan, Valencian
- meja Swahili
- màger Occitan
- *magjōs Proto-Italic
- mayor Crimean Tatar
- manjo Hausa