Where does “cyberoptimist” come from?
cyberoptimist (English) comes from English 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.
cyberoptimist (English): A person with the attitude of cyberoptimism
Definitions
- A person with the attitude of cyberoptimism
Ancestry of “cyberoptimist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Optimist | A small centre-board sailing dinghy designed to... |
| 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 |
| 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 |