maxim的词源

英文词源

maxim (n.): "precept, principle," early 15c., from Middle French maxime, from Late Latin maxima, shortened from phrases such as maxima propositio, maxima sententarium "axiom," literally "greatest premise, greatest among propositions" (one which is general and absolute), from fem. of maximus "greatest" (see maximum).
Maxim: single-barreled water-cooled machine gun, 1885, named for inventor, U.S.-born British engineer Sir Hiram S. Maxim (1840-1916).

来自拉丁语maxima,来自maximum的阴性格，-a,表阴性。即最重要的训导，引申词义格言，座右铭。

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