Idioms for bottom

Origin of bottom

before 1000; Middle English botme, Old English botm; akin to Old Norse botn, Dutch bodem, German Boden, Latin fundus, Greek pythmḗn, Sanskrit budhná

OTHER WORDS FROM bottom

un·bot·tom, verb (used with object) un·der·bot·tom, noun

British Dictionary definitions for at bottom

bottom
/ (ˈbɒtəm) /

noun

adjective (prenominal)

verb

See also bottom out

Word Origin for bottom

Old English botm; related to Old Norse botn, Old High German bodam, Latin fundus, Greek puthmēn

Idioms and Phrases with at bottom (1 of 2)

at bottom

Fundamentally, basically; also, in reality. For example, He may speak somewhat bluntly, but at bottom he's always honest. Charles Dickens used this idiom in Nicholas Nickleby (1838): “He's a good pony at bottom.” [Early 1700s]

Idioms and Phrases with at bottom (2 of 2)

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