Where does “ἄριστος” come from?

ἄριστος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₂éristos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

ἄριστος (Ancient Greek): best (in multivarious contexts)

Definitions

  1. best (in multivarious contexts)

Ancestry of “ἄριστος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éristosfittest, most fitting, most suitable
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

Words derived from “ἄριστος”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éristos →