Where does “maksime” come from?

maksime (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French maxime, from Latin maxime, from Latin Maximus, from Proto-Italic *magisVmos.

maksime (Norwegian Nynorsk): maxim

Definitions

  1. maxim

Ancestry of “maksime”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmaximemaxim
2Latinmaximechiefly, especially, mainly, particularly; most,...
3LatinMaximusthe greatest
4Proto-Italic*magisVmos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *magisVmos →Every word from Latin Maximus →Every word from Latin maxime →