πλεῖστος

Ancient Greek

superlative adjective
Definitions
  • (of number, also of size, extent, strength, etc.) most, very much
  • (adverbial) most
  • (with prepositions)

Etymology

Suffix from Ancient Greek πολύς (many, much, a lot of) root from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (fill, full, many).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pleh₁-

Gloss

fill, full, many

Concept
Semantic Field

Quantity

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

多

Emoji
🥧

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