maire
Old French
adj
Definitions
- primary; principal; most major
Etymology
Inherited from Latin māiōrem, māior, maior.
Origin
Latin
māiōrem, māior, maior
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mayor English
- mayoral English
- mayordom English
- mayoress English
- mayorial English
- mayorly English
- mayorship English
- supermayor English
- määri Finnish
- Maiorica Latin
- maior Latin
- maior domus Latin
- māior Latin
- māior domūs Latin
- māiōrem, māior, maior Latin
- Majestät German
- Major German
- Meijer Dutch, Flemish
- maire French
- mairesse French
- mairie French
- majeur French
- major French
- maïoral French
- maïorat French
- майор Russian
- мэр Russian
- mayor Spanish, Castilian
- *mag- Proto-Indo-European
- major Swedish
- Ardmhéara Irish
- méara Irish
- maior Old French
- major Catalan, Valencian
- मेयर Hindi
- maior Galician
- mayor Cebuano
- meier Middle Dutch
- maer Old Irish
- maire Norman
- maior Old Portuguese
- moor Old Portuguese
- мајор Macedonian
- meya Swahili
- màger Occitan
- *magjōs Proto-Italic
- mayor Asturian
- maiôr Friulian
- meya Tok Pisin
- mayor Crimean Tatar
- maiur Istriot