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Magnum opus

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the greatest and most important work of a person's career
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Stage 1 of 2
magnum opus
Latin · ancient
"great work"
great work, from magnus (great) and opus (work)
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Stage 2 of 2
magnum opus
English · 1700s
"a person's greatest or most important work"
adopted directly into English for a person's greatest achievement
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