best
English
/ˈbɛst/
adjective
Definitions
- Most; largest.
- Most superior; most favorable.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English beste inherited from Old English betst inherited from Proto-Germanic *batistaz (best, GLOSS).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*batistaz
Gloss
best, GLOSS
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- best friend English
- bested English
- bester English
- bestest English
- bestestest English
- besteth English
- bestie English
- bestness English
- bestseller English
- bestsellerdom English
- friend English
- outbest English
- seller English
- unbested English
- bestseller Finnish
- allerbesten German
- besten German
- best Dutch, Flemish
- opperbest Dutch, Flemish
- best-seller French
- бестселлер Russian
- bestseller Spanish, Castilian
- bestselger Norwegian Bokmål
- *batistaz Proto-Germanic
- ベスト Japanese
- ベストセラー Japanese
- betest Old English
- betst Old English
- best Middle English
- best frend Middle English
- beste Middle English
- beztr Old Norse
- bestseller Czech
- bestseler Serbo-Croatian
- բեսթսելեր Armenian
- best Middle Dutch
- bezzisto Old High German
- bes Tagalog
- beshie Tagalog
- bezzist Middle High German
- 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- *betst Old Dutch
- peste Cimbrian
- péste Cimbrian
- best Old Saxon
- betst Old Saxon
- 베스트셀러 Korean
- 베프 Korean