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majestad
f. (Noun) "majesty"
From Late Latin
maiestatem
, accusative
maiestas
"authority." Derived from
maior
"greater" (see
mayor
) and
-tas
, a noun-forming suffix (see
-dad
).
Indo-European
Romance
Portuguese
majestade
, French
majesté