aristo-

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

Origin of aristo-

< Greek, combining form of áristos best, superlative of ari- probably a term specifying at first the upper class of society, the warrior caste; cf. Ares, perhaps Aryan

Words nearby aristo-

aristate, aristide, aristides, aristippus, aristo, aristo-, aristocracy, aristocrat, aristocratic, aristolochiaceous, aristophanes