Etymograph

English

Maximus

Maximus comes from Latin Maximus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMaximus
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1850same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMaximus
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1850same form

Earliest quotation: 1850, Henry Fynes Clinton, Oxford: “Maximus Byzantinus. Contemporary with Maximus of Ephesus: Socrates H.…”

Today it means

name A male given name.

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

Etymograph / Latin Maximus / Maximus