Where does “maximalism” come from?
maximalism (English) comes from English maximal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل — kohl, antimony paste.
maximalism (English): The opposite of minimalism: a tendency toward...
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- The opposite of minimalism: a tendency toward...
Ancestry of “maximalism”, step by step
maximalism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English maximal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maximal | greatest (in magnitude), highest, most |
| 2 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
via Russian максимализм
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | максимализм | maximalism |
| 2 | Russian | -и́зм | -ism, "suffix forming the names of systems,... |
| 3 | French | -ïsme | -ism, variant of -isme following vowels |
| 4 | Latin | -isma | Alternative form of -ismus; -ism |
| 5 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |