comparative degree of goed; better · not sick anymore; recovered (from a disease) · of high quality
köken: From Middle Dutch beter, from Old Dutch betiro, from Proto-West Germanic *batiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *batizô, comparative of *gōdaz. Cognate with Low German beter, West Frisian better, English better, German besser, Danish bedre, Swedish bättre.
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higher, upper (physical position) · senior, superior, top (rank, social position) · higher, superior, advanced (quality, qualification)
zıt: κατώτερος
köken: From Ancient Greek ἀνώτερος (anṓteros). A comparative form derived from an adverb: άνω (áno, “upper, over”) + -τερος (-teros, “comparative suffix”).
superior (higher in rank or quality) · haughty and condescending; superior
çekim: karşılaştırma överlägsnare · üstünlük överlägsnast
zıt: underlägsen
köken: From över- (“over”) + lägga (“to lay”). Earlier in the form överlägen, like German überlegen (“superior”) and similar to Swedish belägen (“located”), later transformed to överlägse, and then the -n has been added to make it more similar to other adjectives. Other adjectives that follow this pattern are avlägsen (“distant, remote”), underlägsen (“inferior”).
köken: From Proto-Italic *supemos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)úp-m̥mo-s, from *upó + *-m̥mo-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *ufumô, Sanskrit उपम (upamá, “uppermost”). See also suprēmus and -issimus.
aile: summa, summitās, summum bonum
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köken: From Middle Low German overlegen, a past participle of overliggen (“to oppress”), from over- (“over”) + liggen (“to lie”). Compare German überlegen (“superior”).