Where does “Max” come from?

Max (Swedish) comes from German Max, from Latin Maximus, from Proto-Italic *magisVmos.

Max (Swedish): max

Definitions

  1. max

Ancestry of “Max”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMax—
2LatinMaximusthe greatest
3Proto-Italic*magisVmos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *magisVmos →Every word from Latin Maximus →Every word from German Max →