Etymology Explorer › Old East Slavic

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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church SlavonicМаѯимъ—
2Ancient GreekΜάξιμος—
3LatinMaximusthe greatest
4Proto-Italic*magisVmos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *magisVmos →