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Where does “massimo” come from?

massimo (Italian) comes from Latin maximus, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

massimo (Italian): maximum; chief; principal; first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. maximum; chief; principal; first-person singular...

Ancestry of “massimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmaximusgreatest
2Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “massimo”

  • minimassimo
  • mediomassimo
  • massimizzare
  • massima
  • massimamente
  • massime
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