magnanimously
Meaninggreat-heartedly
Common meaning: in a generous, forgiving manner
- magngreat, bigLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1098 · scan
- animthe breath of life; soulLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 120 · scan
- ouslyadverb ending: in a full or marked way
‘great, big’ + ‘the breath of life’ → magnanimously
Journey through time
- magn — Latin magnus, -a, -um “great, big” (path traced)
- anim — Latin anima, -ae / animus, -ī “the breath of life; soul” (path traced)
- Latinmagnus, -a, -um + anima, -ae / animus, -ī‘great, big + the breath of life’
- Englishmagnanimously‘in a generous, forgiving manner’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin magnus ‘great, big’ + Latin anima ‘the breath of life; soul’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry anima, p. 120 · dictionary scan
Roots
- anima, -ae / animus, -ī Latin “the breath of life; soul”
- magnus, -a, -um Latin “great, big”
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