Where does “max.” come from?
max. (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian maximális, from German maximal, from Latin Maximus, from Proto-Italic *magisVmos.
max. (Hungarian): max, maximum; max, maximal
Definitions
- max, maximum; max, maximal
Ancestry of “max.”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | maximális | maximal |
| 2 | German | maximal | maximal |
| 3 | Latin | Maximus | the greatest |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *magisVmos | — |