better
English
/ˈbɛtə/, [ˈbɛtʰə], [ˈbeɾə], [ˈbeʔə], /ˈbɛtəɹ/, [ˈbɛɾɚ], [ˈbɛtʰɚ~ˈbɛθ̠ɚ~ˈbɛt̪ɚ], [ˈbɛʔɚ~ˈbɛʔəɾ]
adjective
Definitions
- Greater in amount or quantity
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English better inherited from Old English betera (better) inherited from Proto-Germanic *batizô (better) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed-rós.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰed-rós
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bhadra English
- betterer English
- bettererer English
- betterest English
- bettereth English
- betterfy English
- betterhood English
- bettering English
- betterish English
- betterment English
- bettermost English
- bettern't English
- betterness English
- bettership English
- embetter English
- embetterment English
- unbetterable English
- Besserwisser German
- besser German
- besserstellen German
- beter Dutch, Flemish
- beteren Dutch, Flemish
- beterschap Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰed-ró-s Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰed-rós Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰedʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- bedre Norwegian Bokmål
- *bataz Proto-Germanic
- *batizô Proto-Germanic
- bättre Swedish
- betre Norwegian Nynorsk
- betera Old English
- betere Old English
- भद्र Sanskrit
- beterynge Middle English
- better Middle English
- betternes Middle English
- bettre Middle English
- batna Old Norse
- betri Old Norse
- bedre Danish
- batna Icelandic
- betri Icelandic
- bötnun Icelandic
- beter Middle Dutch
- bezziro Old High German
- beter Afrikaans
- betri Faroese
- betë Albanian
- 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌶𐌰 Gothic
- betera Old Dutch
- betiro Old Dutch
- betiro Old Saxon
- *bʰadrás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𑀪𑀤𑁆𑀤 Sauraseni Prakrit