Where does “maxim” come from?

maxim (Romanian) comes from Russian Максим, from Old East Slavic Максимъ, from Old Church Slavonic Маѯимъ, from Ancient Greek Μάξιμος, from Latin Maximus, from Proto-Italic *magisVmos.

maxim (Romanian): maximum

Definitions

  1. maximum

Ancestry of “maxim”, step by step

maxim traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian Максим

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianМаксим—
2Old East SlavicМаксимъ—
3Old Church SlavonicМаѯимъ—
4Ancient GreekΜάξιμος—
5LatinMaximusthe greatest
6Proto-Italic*magisVmos—

via French maxime

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmaximemaxim
2Latinmaximechiefly, especially, mainly, particularly; most,...
3LatinēScribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae

Words derived from “maxim”

Every word from Proto-Italic *magisVmos →Every word from Latin Maximus →Every word from Ancient Greek Μάξιμος →