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Where does “Bestseller” come from?

Bestseller (German) comes from English bestseller, from English Best, from Middle English best, from Old English bist, from Proto-Germanic biusi — second-person singular present active indicative...

Bestseller (German): bestseller

Definitions

  1. bestseller

Ancestry of “Bestseller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbestsellerA book or other product that has sold in large...
2EnglishBest—
3Middle EnglishbestAlternative form of beste; Alternative form of...
4Old Englishbistsecond-person singular present of bēon
5Proto-Germanicbiusisecond-person singular present active indicative...

Words derived from “Bestseller”

  • Bestsellerliste
Every word from Proto-Germanic biusi →