French word meilleur comes from Proto-Indo-European *mel-, and later Latin melior (Better; irregular comparative degree of.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*mel- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*mélyōs | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
melior | Latin (lat) | Better; irregular comparative degree of. |
meillor | Old French (fro) | Best. ;better;. |
meilleur | Middle French (frm) | ("best"). ("better"). |
meilleur | French (fr) | ("better"). (when preceded by definite article) ("best") Best. |