Where does “best” come from?

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

best (Middle English): Alternative form of beste; Alternative form of...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of beste; Alternative form of...

Ancestry of “best”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbistsecond-person singular present of bēon
2Proto-Germanicbiusisecond-person singular present active indicative...

Words derived from “best”

Every word from Proto-Germanic biusi →Every word from Old English bist →