Etymology

super-Earth

Today it means: Any extrasolar rocky planet several times larger than Earth, especially such a planet detected as it transits its star. Full definition →

English Earth ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. EnglishEarth
  8. English todaysuper-Earth

From super- + Earth.

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