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Latin word maior comes from Proto-Indo-European *-yōs (Forms adjectives from roots, meaning "very" or "rather".), Proto-Indo-European *meǵa-, Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (Big, great.)
*-yōs (Proto-Indo-European)
Forms adjectives from roots, meaning "very" or "rather".
*meǵa- (Proto-Indo-European)
big, stour, great, big, great
*méǵh₂s (Proto-Indo-European)
Big, great.
*m̥ǵh₂yós (Proto-Indo-European)
*méǵh₂yōs (Proto-Indo-European)
Bigger, greater.
*méǵh₂yōs (Proto-Indo-European)
Bigger, greater.
*magjōs (Proto-Italic)
maior (Latin)
(medieval) a mayor: a leader of a city or town. Ancestors (in plural) Greater, larger.