optimist
English
/ˈɑptɪmɪst/, /ˈɒptɪmɪst/
noun
Definitions
- a person who expects a favourable outcome
- a believer in optimism
Etymology
Derived from French optimiste derived from Latin optimus (best, very good, la, great).
Origin
Latin
optimus
Gloss
best, very good, la, great
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cyberoptimist English
- hyperoptimistic English
- optimistic English
- optimistically English
- optimum English
- over-optimistic English
- overoptimistic English
- superoptimistic English
- unoptimistic English
- optime Latin
- optimus Latin
- ottimo Italian
- optimisme Dutch, Flemish
- optimist Dutch, Flemish
- optime French
- optimisme French
- optimiste French
- óptimo Spanish, Castilian
- *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European
- optimisme Norwegian Bokmål
- ótimo Portuguese
- オプチミスト Japanese
- optimisme Norwegian Nynorsk
- òptim Catalan, Valencian
- optimist Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan