Where does “Malaccamax” come from?

Malaccamax (English) comes from English Max, from English maximum, from Latin Maximus, from Proto-Italic *magisVmos.

Malaccamax (English): Description applied to freight ships, conforming...

Definitions

  1. Description applied to freight ships, conforming...

Ancestry of “Malaccamax”, step by step

Malaccamax traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Max

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMax—
2EnglishmaximumThe highest limit; The greatest value of a set or...
3LatinMaximusthe greatest
4Proto-Italic*magisVmos—

via English Malacca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMalacca—
2Malaymelakatype of tree; Indian gooseberry
Every word from Proto-Italic *magisVmos →Every word from Latin Maximus →Every word from English maximum →