Where does “máxime” come from?

máxime (Spanish) comes from Latin maxime, from Latin Maximus, from Proto-Italic *magisVmos.

máxime (Spanish): especially

Definitions

  1. especially

Ancestry of “máxime”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmaximechiefly, especially, mainly, particularly; most,...
2LatinMaximusthe greatest
3Proto-Italic*magisVmos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *magisVmos →Every word from Latin Maximus →Every word from Latin maxime →