Where does “superoptimizer” come from?
superoptimizer (English) comes from English optimizer, from English optimize, from English Optimist, from French optimiste, from French optimisme, from Latin optimus, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen.
superoptimizer (English): An algorithm that carries out superoptimization
Definitions
- An algorithm that carries out superoptimization
Ancestry of “superoptimizer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | optimizer | A person in a large business whose task is to... |
| 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 | — |