melior
Latin
adj-comp
Definitions
- better; irregular comparative degree of bonus
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *meljōs inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mélyōs.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mélyōs
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- meliorate English
- meliorism English
- melioristic English
- ad- Latin
- melior, meliōrem Latin
- melior, melĭor Latin
- melioratio Latin
- meliorō Latin
- meliōrem Latin
- meliōrāre Latin
- meliōrō Latin
- migliorare Italian
- mélioratif French
- mejorar Spanish, Castilian
- μάλα Ancient Greek
- μάλιστα Ancient Greek
- μᾶλλον Ancient Greek
- *mel- Proto-Indo-European
- *mélyōs Proto-Indo-European
- melhor Portuguese
- mieudre Old French
- millorar Catalan, Valencian
- mellor Galician
- milze Latvian
- milzene Latvian
- milzenis Latvian
- milzis Latvian
- milzīgs Latvian
- mellor Old Portuguese
- mellorar Old Portuguese
- *meljōs Proto-Italic
- ameyorar Asturian
- meyor Asturian
- miorâ Friulian