Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Very large.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA mythical human or humanoid of very great size. · Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology. · An eoten or jotun. · A very tall and large person.
From Middle English geaunt, geant, from Old French geant, gaiant (Modern French géant) from Vulgar Latin *gagās, gagant-, from Latin gigās, gigant-, from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”). Cognate to giga- (“1,000,000,000”). Largely Displaced native Old English ent (“giant”), Old English eoten (“giant or jötunn”), and Old English þyrs (“giant or ogre”). Compare English ent (“giant tree-man”), ettin (“giant or troll”) and thurse (“giant”).
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