Where does “supermaxim” come from?
supermaxim (English) comes from English super, from English super-ego, from German Über-Ich, from German Ich, from Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek — I.
supermaxim (English): A maxim consisting of several submaxims
Definitions
- A maxim consisting of several submaxims
Ancestry of “supermaxim”, step by step
supermaxim traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English super
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | super | Of excellent quality, superfine; better than... |
| 2 | English | super-ego | Alternative spelling of superego |
| 3 | German | Über-Ich | superego |
| 4 | German | Ich | ego, the Ich; self, me, him, etc |
| 5 | Middle High German | ich | I |
| 6 | Old High German | ih | I |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ik | I |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *ek | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |
via English Maxim
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Maxim | The Maxim gun, a British machine gun of various... |
| 2 | Middle French | maxime | — |
| 3 | Latin | maxima | nominative feminine singular of maximus;... |
| 4 | Latin | Maximus | the greatest |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *magisVmos | — |