Where does “maxime” come from?

maxime (French) comes from Latin maxime, from Latin Maximus, from Proto-Italic *magisVmos.

maxime (French): maxim

Definitions

  1. maxim

Ancestry of “maxime”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmaximechiefly, especially, mainly, particularly; most,...
2LatinMaximusthe greatest
3Proto-Italic*magisVmos—

Words derived from “maxime”

Every word from Proto-Italic *magisVmos →Every word from Latin Maximus →Every word from Latin maxime →
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