The Etymology of “Optimist” 

The word “optimist” comes from the Latin root “optim“, meaning “the best“. An optimist is one who,  literally, hopes for the best. 

The poet #Shelley is supposedly the first person to have used this word in the above sense. Prior to his use of this word, optimism was used in a sense very similar to #agathism – the belief that best of all goodness in this world shall ultimately prevail over all evil. 

Optimist shares its root with other words like optimum, optimal, optimistic, optimisation, etc. 

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