Good, Better, Best
- PostEagle
- August 20, 2015
- Word Etymology
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The Latin words – BONUS – MELIOR – OPTIMUS – meaning – Good – Better – Best – give us a number of English words.
From Bonus, we have many words meaning good such as – BONUS, BON VOYAGE, BONVIVANT.
The adverbial form of – BONUS – is – BENE- meaning – WELL.
The English words: BENEFIT, BENEFICIAL, BENEDICTION, BENEVOLENCE, BENEDICTINE, BENEDICT- come from this adverb.
From the comparative form – MELIOR – meaning- BETTER, we have the word – AMELIORATE – which means – TO MAKE BETTER.
The words – OPTIMUM, OPTIMISM, OPTIMIST- meaning – BEST – come from the superlative form – OPTIMUS.