English
aristo-
Aristo- comes from Ancient Greek ἄριστος ‘best’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄριστοςáristos‘best’
- Englishtodayaristo-
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄριστοςáristos‘best’
- Englishtodayaristo-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, be suitable’
order, reason, ready, rate, art, article, army, arm, ratio, ordinary, artist, alarm, harmony, coordination, coordinate, armor, subordinate, ordination, articulate, anarchy, ornament, ornate, inertia, harmonic, arthritis, inert, arithmetic, adorn, harmonious, articulation, ordinate, artisan, armament, ordinal, rta, ordinator, armadillo, harmonize, ordain, artifice, 81 more
Today it means
prefix upper class, nobility
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἄριστος / aristo-