English

Good Thing

Something that is conventionally accepted as good beyond doubt.

    Etymology graph

    • inherited
    • borrowed
    • derived
    • parts
    • meaning component
    • sound component
    • related
    React Flow

    Click a node to zoom in · double-click to open it

    Origin

    In this spelling from 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates, by W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman, 1930.

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Lineage

    • derivedEnglish1066

    Sources