better
The origin and history of better.
Etymology
From Old English betera, going back to a Germanic root meaning "good," the same ancestor that gives us "best" and, more distantly, "battle."
The origin and history of better.
From Old English betera, going back to a Germanic root meaning "good," the same ancestor that gives us "best" and, more distantly, "battle."
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