Where does “maksimikoko” come from?

maksimikoko (Finnish) comes from Finnish maksimi, from Latin Maximus, from Proto-Italic *magisVmos.

Ancestry of “maksimikoko”, step by step

maksimikoko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maksimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaksimimaximum
2LatinMaximusthe greatest
3Proto-Italic*magisVmos—

via Finnish koko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkokowhole, entire; all; see all day, all night; heap
2Proto-Finnickokowhole, entire, all
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