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

maximum

Ancestry of “maxim”, step by step

maxim traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian Максим

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Russian	Максим	—
2	Old East Slavic	Максимъ	—
3	Old Church Slavonic	Маѯимъ	—
4	Ancient Greek	Μάξιμος	—
5	Latin	Maximus	the greatest
6	Proto-Italic	*magisVmos	—

via French maxime

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	maxime	maxim
2	Latin	maxime	chiefly, especially, mainly, particularly; most,...
3	Latin	ē	Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae

Words derived from “maxim”

Maximeasa

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