Where does “tidsoptimist” come from?
tidsoptimist (Danish) comes from Danish optimist, from French optimiste, from French optimisme, from Latin optimus, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen, from Latin opscen, from Latin ob- — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
tidsoptimist (Danish): someone who is optimistic about how much time they have (to prepare for something), who is therefore often late
Definitions
- someone who is optimistic about how much time they have (to prepare for something), who is therefore often late
Ancestry of “tidsoptimist”, step by step
tidsoptimist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish optimist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | optimist | optimist |
| 2 | French | optimiste | optimist; optimistic |
| 3 | French | optimisme | optimism |
| 4 | Latin | optimus | best; very good |
| 5 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 6 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 7 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 8 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 9 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via Danish tid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | tid | time |
| 2 | English | tith | tight; nimble |
| 3 | Old Norse | tíð | time; hour; divine service, prayers |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tīdiz | time; period, interval |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₂itis | interval, period of time |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂y- | to share, divide |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |