μέγας
Ancient Greek
adj-1&2
Definitions
- big, large
- great, mighty, loud
- marvelous, awesome
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (great, big, many, stout).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*méǵh₂s
Gloss
great, big, many, stout
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Magnus English
- Trismegistus English
- angiosperm English
- angiotomy English
- forasmuch English
- grc English
- insomuch English
- magnicide English
- magnitude English
- magnorder English
- mega English
- mega- English
- megacryometeor English
- megakaryocyte English
- megasporangial English
- megasporangium English
- much English
- muchly English
- muchness English
- muchwhat English
- overmuch English
- spora + der English
- sporangium English
- synangium English
- telangiectasia English
- μέγας English
- ἀγγεῖον English
- mega- Finnish
- megasporangio Finnish
- Maius Latin
- Megasthenes Latin
- capellus magnus niger Latin
- gens Latin
- ingens Latin
- magis Latin
- magister Latin
- magnas Latin
- magnicornis Latin
- magnificus Latin
- magniloquium Latin
- magnirostris Latin
- magnitudo Latin
- magnus Latin
- maximus Latin
- māiestās Latin
- permagnus Latin
- Magnus German
- mega- German
- mega- Hungarian
- magno Italian
- mega- Italian
- mega- Dutch, Flemish
- Magnol French
- méga- French
- мегаполис Russian
- angio- Spanish, Castilian
- magno Spanish, Castilian
- maño Spanish, Castilian
- mega- Spanish, Castilian
- Μεγασθένης Ancient Greek
- θῡ́μος Ancient Greek
- μέγιστος Ancient Greek
- μαίνομαι Ancient Greek
- μεγάθυμος Ancient Greek
- μεγάλος Ancient Greek
- μεγαλήτωρ Ancient Greek
- μεγαλομανής Ancient Greek
- μεγαλόψυχος Ancient Greek
- σθένος Ancient Greek
- ψῡχή Ancient Greek
- ἀγαυός Ancient Greek
- ἀγγεῖον Ancient Greek
- ἄγγος Ancient Greek
- ἦτορ Ancient Greek
- *magya Proto-Indo-European
- *meǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *méǵh₂yos Proto-Indo-European
- mega- Norwegian Bokmål
- mega Portuguese
- mega- Portuguese
- *mekō Proto-Germanic
- *mikilaz Proto-Germanic
- Magnus Swedish
- mega- Swedish
- mega- Polish
- mega- Norwegian Nynorsk
- micel Old English
- मह Sanskrit
- महत् Sanskrit
- महस् Sanskrit
- महाकवि Sanskrit
- महाकाव्य Sanskrit
- महात्मन् Sanskrit
- महाभारत Sanskrit
- muche Middle English
- anga- Irish
- angaispeirm Irish
- Magnús Old Norse
- mega Danish
- mega- Danish
- megen Danish
- mega- Czech
- مهتر Arabic
- magne Old French
- maistre Old French
- mega- Icelandic
- mega- Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- مه Persian
- مهتاب Persian
- مهتر Persian
- مهشید Persian
- مهوش Persian
- มห Thai
- มหาธรรมราชา Thai
- มหาธรรมราชาธิราช Thai
- αγγείο Greek (modern)
- μέγας Greek (modern)
- μεγάλος Greek (modern)
- μεγαλούτσικος Greek (modern)
- mega- Translingual
- mazdēls Latvian
- mazināt Latvian
- mazmeita Latvian
- mazs Latvian
- mazulis Latvian
- mazums Latvian
- mega- Latvian
- māja Latvian
- mājdzīvnieks Latvian
- mājlops Latvian
- mājsaimniecība Latvian
- Մեծամօր Old Armenian
- մեծ Old Armenian
- մեծաբեռն Old Armenian
- մեծագոյն Old Armenian
- մեծահասակ Old Armenian
- մեծամիտ Old Armenian
- մեծանամ Old Armenian
- մեծանձն Old Armenian
- մեծանուն Old Armenian
- մեծարեմ Old Armenian
- մեծաքիթ Old Armenian
- մեծութիւն Old Armenian
- mega- Turkish
- maige Old Irish
- Magno Tagalog
- kryemadh Albanian
- madh Albanian
- madhësi Albanian
- stërmadh Albanian
- *maa Proto-Finnic
- *maja Proto-Finnic
- *magalos Proto-Celtic
- *magos Proto-Celtic
- *magyo- Proto-Celtic
- *magyos Proto-Celtic
- *mogont-s Proto-Celtic
- maha Pali
- લઘુત્તમ Gujarati
- *maȷ́ʰás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *maȷ́ʰā́ Proto-Indo-Iranian
- mega- Slovak
- Cròs-Manhon Occitan
- *magnos Proto-Italic
- mega- Slovene
- *maźʰás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *maźʰā́ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *máźʰas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- mezin Northern Kurdish
- *madza Proto-Albanian
- Magnus Norwegian
- māka Tocharian B
- mikin Old Danish
- mannu Sardinian
- *megalos Proto-Hellenic
- 𐬨𐬀𐬰 Avestan
- magester Old Latin
- māk Tocharian A
- *mākā Proto-Tocharian