Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superoptimal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
su-per-op-ti-mal
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Beyond or above of what is optimal; excessive.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos ? Latin optimus English -al English optimal English superoptimal From super- + optimal.

Derived Forms

Questions

What does superoptimal mean?
Beyond or above of what is optimal; excessive.
Where does superoptimal come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos ? Latin optimus English -al English optimal English superoptimal From super- + optimal.

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