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Where does “maxime” come from?

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

Ancestry of “maxime”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmaximanominative feminine singular of maximus;...
2LatinMaximusthe greatest
3Proto-Italic*magisVmos—

Words derived from “maxime”

  • maxim
  • submaxim
  • supermaxim
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