optimus
Latin
adj-sup
Definitions
- best; very good
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (at, near, on, upon, against), *h₃ep- (work, effect, product, toil, ability, force, result of work).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃ep-
Gloss
work, effect, product, toil, ability, force, result of work
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
働
Emoji
✂️ 🏗️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- foremost English
- officious English
- omnivore English
- optimist English
- optimum English
- suboptimum English
- optimismi Finnish
- cōpia Latin
- ob Latin
- officium Latin
- omnivorus Latin
- opera Latin
- operio Latin
- optime Latin
- opus Latin
- Optimismus German
- ogni Italian
- ottimamente Italian
- ottimare Italian
- ottimizzare Italian
- ottimo Italian
- optimisme Dutch, Flemish
- optimist Dutch, Flemish
- optime French
- optimisme French
- optimiste French
- óptimamente Spanish, Castilian
- óptimo Spanish, Castilian
- ἐπί Ancient Greek
- ἐπιτραχήλιος Ancient Greek
- ὀψέ Ancient Greek
- ὄμπνη Ancient Greek
- *-yós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁(e)pi Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁op- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ep-(i)- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃épos, *h₃ép-os Proto-Indo-European
- *seh₂g- Proto-Indo-European
- optimisme Norwegian Bokmål
- otimamente Portuguese
- otimista Portuguese
- otimizar Portuguese
- ótimo Portuguese
- *abnijaną Proto-Germanic
- *abniją Proto-Germanic
- *bi Proto-Germanic
- *bi- Proto-Germanic
- *frumistaz Proto-Germanic
- *fura Proto-Germanic
- *ēbanþs Proto-Germanic
- optimisme Norwegian Nynorsk
- formest Old English
- òptim Catalan, Valencian
- optimist Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ap- Latvian
- եւ Old Armenian
- *eɸirom Proto-Celtic
- *Hápi Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *opis Proto-Italic
- ap- Lithuanian
- apie Lithuanian
- *apir Proto-Albanian