mega-
Translingual
prefix
Definitions
- Used with taxon names to form other taxon names, usually for a morphologically similar taxon differing only in size
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek μέγας (large, great, mighty, big).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μέγας
Gloss
large, great, mighty, big
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
大
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mega English
- mega- English
- megasporangium English
- mega- Finnish
- mega- German
- mega- Hungarian
- mega- Italian
- mega- Dutch, Flemish
- méga- French
- мегаполис Russian
- mega- Spanish, Castilian
- Μεγασθένης Ancient Greek
- μέγας Ancient Greek
- μέγιστος Ancient Greek
- μεγάθυμος Ancient Greek
- μεγαλήτωρ Ancient Greek
- μεγαλομανής Ancient Greek
- μεγαλόψυχος Ancient Greek
- ἀγγεῖον Ancient Greek
- *meǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- mega- Norwegian Bokmål
- mega Portuguese
- mega- Portuguese
- mega- Swedish
- mega- Polish
- mega- Norwegian Nynorsk
- mega Danish
- mega- Danish
- mega- Czech
- mega- Icelandic
- mega- Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- μέγας Greek (modern)
- mega- Latvian
- mega- Turkish
- mega- Slovak
- mega- Slovene