Morpheme
Majes
Type
bound base
Denotation
greater, larger, bigger
Etymology
Middle English majeste, mageste; Old French majesté; Latin māiestātem, from māiestās, from maior + -tās, from magnus
Evidence
majestic, majestically, majesticness, majesties, majesty, majestyship, supermajestic, unmajestic
Modern Base Analysis
<Magest> denoting “majesty, royalty, greater, larger, bigger”
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal construction -tic
from majesty (<Majes + -ty>), from Old French majesté, from Latin māiestās
majestic, majestically, majesticness, supermajestic, unmajestic
