Where does “optymalnie” come from?

optymalnie (Polish) comes from Polish optymalny, from French optimal, from Latin optimum, from Latin optimus, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen, from Latin opscen, from Latin ob- — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

optymalnie (Polish): optimally

Definitions

  1. optimally

Ancestry of “optymalnie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishoptymalnyoptimal, best
2Frenchoptimaloptimal
3Latinoptimumaccusative masculine singular of optimus;...
4Latinoptimusbest; very good
5LatinOpsearth goddess, fertility deity
6Latinoscenany bird by whose song cries augurs divined...
7Latinopscen
8Latinob-towards; against
9Latinobolusobolus (Greek coin)
10Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
11Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
12Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
13Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos
14Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH-