ARISTO-


Meaning of ARISTO- in English

a learned borrowing from Greek meaning "best," occurring either in direct loans ( aristocratic ), or in the formation of compound words: aristotype.

[ áristos best, superl. of ari- prob. a term specifying at first the upper class of society, the warrior caste; cf. ARES, perh. ARYAN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .