Etymograph

English

Maxima

Maxima comes from Latin Maxima.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMaxima
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1855same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMaxima
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1855same form

Earliest quotation: 1855, Anna Maria Aspasia Logarithmetica pseudo, Interesting Disclosure: “Well—this lady—whose name is Miss Maxima Molendillula has turned…”

Today it means

name A female given name.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin Maxima / Maxima