Where does “ワースト” come from?

ワースト (Japanese) comes from English worst, from Middle English worste, from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic wirsistaz — superlative degree of *ubilaz.

ワースト (Japanese): worst

Definitions

  1. worst

Ancestry of “ワースト”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishworstsuperlative form of bad: most bad; superlative...
2Middle Englishworste—
3Old Englishwierrestsuperlative degree of yfel: worst
4Proto-Germanicwirsistazsuperlative degree of *ubilaz
Every word from Proto-Germanic wirsistaz →Every word from Old English wierrest →Every word from Middle English worste →