Where does “Maxine” come from?
Maxine (Cebuano) comes from English Maxine, from English Max, from English maximum, from Latin Maximus, from Proto-Italic *magisVmos.
Ancestry of “Maxine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Maxine | — |
| 2 | English | Max | — |
| 3 | English | maximum | The highest limit; The greatest value of a set or... |
| 4 | Latin | Maximus | the greatest |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *magisVmos | — |