Where does “Maxim” come from?

Maxim (Czech) comes from Latin Maximus, from Proto-Italic *magisVmos.

Maxim (Czech): maxim

Definitions

  1. maxim

Ancestry of “Maxim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMaximusthe greatest
2Proto-Italic*magisVmos
Every word from Proto-Italic *magisVmosEvery word from Latin Maximus
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