Word Origin Summary

Maximum is attested in Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• maximum

  Dutch · borrowed from

• maximum

  English · derived from

• maksimum

  Norwegian Nynorsk · derived from

• მაქსიმუმი

  Georgian · derived from

• максимальный

  Russian · derived from

• maksimum

  Norwegian Bokmål · derived from

• maksimalus

  Lithuanian · derived from

• maksimumo

  Esperanto · derived from

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