Where does “maximaal” come from?

maximaal (Dutch) comes from French maximal, from French -ál, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

maximaal (Dutch): maximal

Definitions

  1. maximal

Ancestry of “maximaal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmaximalmaximal
2French-álal; appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form; often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “maximaal”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from French -ál →