Morpheme
Major
Type
free base
Denotation
greater, larger, bigger
Etymology
Middle English major; Latin major, maior, from magnus
Evidence
antimajoritarian, comajor, countermajoritarian, major, majorally, majorate, majordomo, majoress, majorette, majorise, majoritarian, majoritarian, majoritarianism, majority, majorization, majorize, majorly, majors, majorship, midmajor, minimajor, nonmajor, nonmajoritarian, premajor, semimajor, submajor, supermajor, supermajoritarian
See Also
Magn, Maxim, May, -itarian, -itary
Modern Base Analysis
<Majorite> denoting majority
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal constructions -itarian, -itary
from majority (<Major + -i- + -ty>)
antimajoritarian, countermajoritarian, majoritarian, majoritarianism, majoritarily, nonmajoritarian, supermajoritarian
