Where does “Seawaymax” come from?

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

Seawaymax (English): Of a freight ship: conforming to the regulations concerning maximum permitted beam, length, and draft allowed to pass through the St. Lawrence Seaway

Definitions

  1. Of a freight ship: conforming to the regulations concerning maximum permitted beam, length, and draft allowed to pass through the St. Lawrence Seaway

Ancestry of “Seawaymax”, step by step

Seawaymax 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 seaway

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishseawaya lane or route at sea that is regularly used by...
2Middle Englishseewey
3Old Englishsǣweġa sea-way, a path through the sea
Every word from Proto-Italic *magisVmosEvery word from Latin MaximusEvery word from English maximum