Where does “Максимъ” come from?
Максимъ (Old East Slavic) comes from Old Church Slavonic Маѯимъ, from Ancient Greek Μάξιμος, from Latin Maximus, from Proto-Italic *magisVmos.
Ancestry of “Максимъ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | Маѯимъ | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Μάξιμος | — |
| 3 | Latin | Maximus | the greatest |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *magisVmos | — |