Where does “suboptimality” come from?
suboptimality (English) comes from English suboptimal, from English optimal, from Latin optimum, from Latin optimus, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen, from Latin opscen, from Latin ob- — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
suboptimality (English): The state or condition of being suboptimal
Definitions
- The state or condition of being suboptimal
Ancestry of “suboptimality”, step by step
suboptimality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English suboptimal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suboptimal | Worse than optimal |
| 2 | English | optimal | The best, most favourable or desirable,... |
| 3 | Latin | optimum | accusative masculine singular of optimus;... |
| 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 |