Where does “maximizar” come from?

maximizar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese máximo, from Latin Maximus, from Proto-Italic *magisVmos.

maximizar (Portuguese): to maximise

Definitions

  1. to maximise

Ancestry of “maximizar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemáximomaximum
2LatinMaximusthe greatest
3Proto-Italic*magisVmos
Every word from Proto-Italic *magisVmosEvery word from Latin MaximusEvery word from Portuguese máximo