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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

  1. Not optimizable

Ancestry of “nonoptimizable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoptimizableCapable of being optimized
2EnglishoptimizeTo act optimistically or as an optimist; To make ...
3EnglishOptimistA small centre-board sailing dinghy designed to...
4Frenchoptimisteoptimist; optimistic
5Frenchoptimismeoptimism
6Latinoptimusbest; very good
7LatinOpsearth goddess, fertility deity
8Latinoscenany bird by whose song cries augurs divined...
9Latinopscen—
10Latinob-towards; against
11Latinobolusobolus
12Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
13Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
14Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
15Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
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