almighty
English
/ɔːlˈmaɪti/
adj
Definitions
- (sometimes) Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful
- (slang) Great; extreme; terrible.
- (by extension) Having very great power, influence, etc.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English almyghty inherited from Old English ælmihtiġ (all-powerful) inherited from Proto-Germanic *alamahtīgaz (almighty) affix from English might.
Origin
English
might
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- almightiful English
- almightily English
- almightiness English
- almightyship English
- might English
- might-be English
- mighta English
- mightand English
- mighteous English
- mightest English
- mighteth English
- mightful English
- mightless English
- mightly English
- mightn't English
- mightnae English
- mighty English
- superalmighty English
- unmight English
- *alamahtīgaz Proto-Germanic
- ælmihtig Old English
- ælmihtiġ Old English
- -y Middle English
- all Middle English
- almyghty Middle English
- myght Middle English
- almáttigr Old Norse
- alamahtīg Old High German
- almachtich Middle High German
- allmächteg Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *alamahtīg Old Dutch
- almachtig Cimbrian
- alomahtig Old Saxon
- awmichtie Scots