English

top-level

top + level

A compound of top + level

Proto-Germanic *tuppaz ‘braid’

Proto-West Germanic *topp ‘top’

Old English topp ‘top’

Middle English top ‘the peak of a mountain or other landform’

English top

Latin lībra ‘a balance, a level’

Latin libella ‘a balance, a level’

Old French livel

Middle English level

English level

Today it means

adj Highest.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / top-level