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Where does “Маѯимъ” come from?

Маѯимъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Ancient Greek Μάξιμος, from Latin Maximus, from Proto-Italic *magisVmos.

Ancestry of “Маѯимъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΜάξιμος—
2LatinMaximusthe greatest
3Proto-Italic*magisVmos—
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