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English word better comes from Proto-Germanic *batizô, Proto-Germanic - ōną, and later Proto-Germanic *batizōną (To make better; improve.)
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*batizô (Proto-Germanic)
- ōną (Proto-Germanic)
*batizōną (Proto-Germanic)
To make better; improve.
beterian (Old English)
To improve, to make better.
beteren (Middle English)
better (English)
(colloquial) Had better.. (intransitive) To become better; to improve.. (transitive) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.. (transitive) To improve.. (transitive) To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.