köken: Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lʾt' /rād/), from Old Persian [script needed] (*rā́daʰ), from Proto-Iranian *HráHdah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HráHdʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂réh₁dʰ-o-s, from *h₂reh₁dʰ- (“to care”) + *-os. Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬭𐬁𐬛𐬀𐬵 (rādah, “generosity, care; generous”), Vedic Sanskrit राधस् (rā́dhas, “favour, generosity, gift”), Proto-Slavic…
köken: Borrowed from Latin ēminēns. Often said to be borrowed from Middle French éminent, but this is unlikely as the figurative meaning of the French word is attested later than that of the Dutch.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-no Proto-Italic *dek-no- Latin dignuslbor. Portuguese digno Learned borrowing from Latin dignus, from Proto-Italic *dek-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-no, from *deḱ- (“to take”).
excellent, fine, first-class; exceptional, unusual, great · important, extreme
çekim: karşılaştırma εξαιρετικότερος · üstünlük εξαιρετικότερος
eş: εξαίρετος
zıt: ασήμαντος
köken: From Byzantine Greek ἐξαιρετικός (exairetikós); by surface analysis, εξαίρετος (exaíretos) + -ικός (-ikós). In the modern sense of "excellent, exceptional", with semantic loan from French exceptionnel.
çekim: karşılaştırma doskonalszy · üstünlük najdoskonalszy
eş: idealny, perfekcyjny, zupełny, bezkonkurencyjny, bez zarzutu, nienaganny
zıt: niedoskonały
köken: Etymology tree Old Polish doskonać Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Slavic *-lъ Old Polish -ły Polish -ły Polish doskonały From Old Polish doskonać + Polish -ły.
full-grown, grown up · large, great, grand, lofty, big · powerful
çekim: karşılaştırma grandior · üstünlük grandissimus
zıt: parvus
köken: From Proto-Italic *grandis, of unclear origin. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rub, to grind”), and connected to Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big in size, coarse, coarse grained”) (whence English great). A different etymology, favored by Pokorny, derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰrendʰ- (“to swell”), and connects the word to Ancient Greek βρένθος (brénthos,…