betterment
English
noun
Definitions
- An improvement.
- (legal) An improvement to a property that adds to its value.
Etymology
Suffix from English better.
Origin
English
better
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- better English
- betterer English
- betterest English
- bettereth English
- betterfy English
- betterhood English
- bettering English
- betterish English
- bettermost English
- bettern't English
- betterness English
- bettership English
- embetter English
- unbetterable English
- beter Dutch, Flemish
- better Middle English