Where does “Maximilian” come from?

Maximilian (German) comes from Latin Maximilianus, from Latin Maximus, from Proto-Italic *magisVmos.

Ancestry of “Maximilian”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Maximilian”

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