good
Middle English
/ɡoːd/
adj
Definitions
- goodgood (of good quality or behaviour)
- goodgood (morally right or righteous)
- advantageous, wealthy, profitable, useful
- large; of a great size or quantity
- Having a great degree or extent.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English gōd (good, goodness, welfare, benefit, wealth, a good thing, gift, advantage, ability, virtue, doughtiness, property, goods).
Origin
Old English
gōd
Gloss
good, goodness, welfare, benefit, wealth, a good thing, gift, advantage, ability, virtue, doughtiness, property, goods
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
財
Emoji
🦸 🦸♀️ 🦸♂️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Goodwin English
- agood English
- anti-good English
- dogoodery English
- feelgoodery English
- godwit English
- good English
- good faith English
- good morning English
- good name English
- good-minded English
- good-tempered English
- gooden English
- gooder English
- goodest English
- goodfella English
- goodfic English
- goodful English
- goodhearted English
- goodie English
- goodish English
- goodless English
- goodly English
- goodman English
- goodness English
- goodnight English
- goodo English
- goodship English
- goodsire English
- goodsome English
- goodthink English
- goodwife English
- goodwill English
- goody English
- gospel English
- makegood English
- nongood English
- overgood English
- scattergood English
- smallgood English
- stroygood English
- supergood English
- uber-good English
- ungood English
- wastegood English
- kut Finnish
- *gōdaz Proto-Germanic
- godleas Old English
- godlic Old English
- godnes Old English
- godspel Old English
- gōd Old English
- gōdlīċ Old English
- ungod Old English
- ærgod Old English
- goodlich Middle English
- gude Middle English
- *gōd gmw-pro
- 굿밤 Korean
- gud Volapük
- gut Tok Pisin
- gutnem Tok Pisin
- gutpela Tok Pisin
- gudfala Pijin
- gud Nigerian Pidgin