Where does “maksime” come from?
maksime (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French maxime, from Latin maxime, from Latin Maximus, from Proto-Italic *magisVmos.
maksime (Norwegian Bokmål): maxim
Ancestry of “maksime”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | maxime | maxim |
| 2 | Latin | maxime | chiefly, especially, mainly, particularly; most,... |
| 3 | Latin | Maximus | the greatest |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *magisVmos | — |