Gigantic

Honestly, I just really love saying this word. That is not the only reason I chose it today though. The main reason is actually that I attended my sister's baby shower today. She's 7 months pregnant and gigantic.

I am using the definition of the word that means "exceedingly large of its kind" or "very large of extensive." My sister would not appreciate it if I meant "relating to or suggestive of a giant." (both definitions supplied by the AHD) Now to etymologically dissect this lovely word that brings to mind such splendid images:

The AHD dictionary states that this word dates back to the Greek word gigantikos, which can be further broken up into gigas, gigant-, meaning giant. Then it passed into Latin gigas, also meaning giant. For a further history of the word I had to look up "giant." So onwards with our journey!

Giant takes up the story as the word gigas passes through what scholars assume would be Vulgar Latin as gagas, gagant-. The word then makes its appearance in Old French as geant, jaiant. The last leg of this journey is the use of the word geant, which comes from ME (I had to look the actual word in the OED because the AHD only held the information that it was from ME). Thus the ending of this words journey has arrived (at least for now!).