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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | maxima | nominative feminine singular of maximus;... |
| 2 | Latin | Maximus | the greatest |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *magisVmos | — |