maximumyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[maximum 词源字典]
maximum: [18] Maximum was adopted, via French, from maximum, the neuter form of Latin maximus ‘largest’. This was the superlative of magnus ‘large’ (source of English magnitude, magnum, etc). From the same ultimate source comes maxim [15], which goes back via French maxime to Latin maxima. This was short for maxima prōpositio ‘largest proposition’, a term used in medieval philosophy for a ‘fundamental axiom’.
=> magnitude, magnum, maxim[maximum etymology, maximum origin, 英语词源]
maximum (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1740, from French maximum and directly from Latin maximum (plural maxima), neuter of maximus "greatest," which is superlative of magnus "great, large" (see magnum).
maximum (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1834, from maximum (n.).