köken: Inherited from Middle French pire, from Old French pire, from Latin peior, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”). Related to pis.
aile: de la pire espèce, de pire en pire, le remède est pire que le mal, pas pire, pour le meilleur comme pour le pire
superlative degree of malus; the worst or most evil
zıt: optimus
köken: From Proto-Italic *pessemos, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-tm̥mo-s, from *ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”) + *-tm̥mos (superlative suffix). See also -issimus.
comparative degree of mao: worse · superlative degree of mao: worst
zıt: mellor
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese peior, from Latin peior, peiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”). Cognate with Portuguese pior, Spanish peor.