Where does “preoptimization” come from?
preoptimization (English) comes from English optimization, from English optimize, from English Optimist, from French optimiste, from French optimisme, from Latin optimus, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen.
preoptimization (English): An advance optimization; an instance of...
Definitions
- An advance optimization; an instance of...
Ancestry of “preoptimization”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | optimization | The design and operation of a system or process... |
| 2 | English | optimize | To act optimistically or as an optimist; To make ... |
| 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 |
| 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 | — |