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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English mageste, majeste, [[bor|fro|majesté|t=grandeur, nobility]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Latin maiestās, maiestātem, greatness, dignity, sovereign power,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from the stem of maior, the comparative of magnus, great (see [[major]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from PIE [[ine-pro|*meǵh₂-|alt=*meg-|t=great]].^(Etymonline)
+ It is [[inh|enm|mageste]], majeste, [[bor|fro|majesté|t=grandeur, nobility]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[la|maiestās]], maiestātem, greatness, dignity, sovereign power,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from the stem of [[m|la|maior]], the comparative of [[m|la|magnus]], great (see [[major]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from PIE [[ine-pro|*meǵh₂-|alt=*meg-|t=great]].^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==