The story
- Latin · borrowed fromplusquamperfectum“more than perfect”
- English todaypluperfect
Shortening of plusquamperfect, from Latin plusquamperfectum (“more than perfect”), from plus (“more”) + quam (“than”) + perfectum, neuter singular of perfectus (“achieved; finished; perfected”).
Words from the same roots
Latinplusquamperfectum all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.