Etymology

super-

su·per-

Today it means: located above; (anatomy) superior in position Full definition →

Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super ← Proto-Indo-European *upér
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. English todaysuper-

Learned borrowing from Latin super-. Doublet of sur-, over-, and hyper-.

Words from the same roots

Latinsuper- all →

supersurprise

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.