Where does “Maximilian” come from?

Maximilian (Romanian) comes from German Maximilian, from Latin Maximilianus, from Latin Maximus, from Proto-Italic *magisVmos.

Ancestry of “Maximilian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMaximilian—
2LatinMaximilianus—
3LatinMaximusthe greatest
4Proto-Italic*magisVmos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *magisVmos →Every word from Latin Maximus →Every word from Latin Maximilianus →
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