Etymology

optimate

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Today it means: A member of the patrician ruling class in republican Ancient Rome; an aristocrat, a noble. Full definition →

Latin optimātēs
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  1. Latin · derived fromoptimātēs
  2. English todayoptimate

From Latin optimātēs, masculine plural form of optimās (“best, noblest”).

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