Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗adj
superlative form of good: most good. · Most; largest. · Most superior; most favorable.
noun
The supreme effort one can make, or has made. · One's best behavior. · The person (or persons; or thing or things) that is (are) most excellent.
adv
superlative form of well: most well · To the most advantage; with the most success, cause, profit, benefit, or propriety.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo surpass in skill or achievement. · To beat in a contest.
From Middle English best, beste, from Old English bezt, betest, from Proto-Germanic *batistaz. Cognates Cognate with Scots best (“best”), Cimbrian peste, péste (“best”), Dutch best (“best”), German beste (“best”), Yiddish בעסט (best, “best”), Danish bedst (“best”), Faroese bestur (“best”), Icelandic bestur, beztur (“best”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk best (“best”), Swedish bäst (“best”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (batists, “best”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionbestenm
- Inherited-form mentionbeztang
- Inherited-form mention*batistazgem-pro
- Cognate mentionbestsco · best
- Cognate mentionpestecim
- Cognate mentionbestnl · best
- Cognate mentionbestede · best
- Cognate mentionבעסטyi · best
- Cognate mentionbedstda · best
- Cognate mentionbesturfo · best
- Cognate mentionbesturis
- Cognate mentionbästsv · best
- Cognate mention𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃got · best
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