Where does “nonoptimizable” come from?
nonoptimizable (English) comes from English optimizable, from English optimize, from English Optimist, from French optimiste, from French optimisme, from Latin optimus, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen.
nonoptimizable (English): Not optimizable
Definitions
- Not optimizable
Ancestry of “nonoptimizable”, step by step
nonoptimizable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English optimizable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | optimizable | Capable of being optimized |
| 2 | English | optimize | To act optimistically or as an optimist |
| 3 | English | Optimist | A small centre-board sailing dinghy designed to... |
| 4 | French | optimiste | optimist; optimistic |
| 5 | French | optimisme | optimism |
| 6 | Latin | optimus | best; very good |
| 7 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 8 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 9 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 10 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 11 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |