Where does “optimiser” come from?
optimiser (French) comes from English optimize, from English Optimist, from French optimiste, from French optimisme, from Latin optimus, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen, from Latin opscen — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
optimiser (French): to optimize
Definitions
- to optimize
Ancestry of “optimiser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | optimize | To act optimistically or as an optimist |
| 2 | English | Optimist | A small centre-board sailing dinghy designed to... |
| 3 | French | optimiste | optimist; optimistic |
| 4 | French | optimisme | optimism |
| 5 | Latin | optimus | best; very good |
| 6 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 7 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 8 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 9 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 10 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |