Etymograph

English

Maximilian

Maximilian comes from Latin Maximilianus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMaximilianus
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentMaximilian
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1820same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMaximilianus
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentMaximilian
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1820same form

Earliest quotation: 1820, Leigh Hunt, Names: “It is as well certainly not to call a…”

Today it means

name A male given name from Latin, rare in English.

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

Etymograph / Latin Maximilianus / Maximilian