major
Serbo-Croatian
/mǎjoːr/
noun
Definitions
- (military) major rank
Etymology
Borrowed from German Major derived from Latin māior (principal, main, greater, elder, bigger, larger).
Origin
Latin
māior
Gloss
principal, main, greater, elder, bigger, larger
Concept
Semantic Field
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- maior Latin
- maior domus Latin
- māior Latin
- māior domūs Latin
- Major German
- Majorin German
- majeur French
- mayor Spanish, Castilian
- *mag- Proto-Indo-European
- maior Old French
- maire Old French
- maior Galician
- meier Middle Dutch
- maer Old Irish
- major Estonian
- maior Old Portuguese
- moor Old Portuguese
- мајор Macedonian
- mayor Asturian
- maiôr Friulian
- maiur Istriot