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, nounWords nearby bottom
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)
bottom