Etymology

superacademic

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Today it means: Extremely academic. Full definition →

English academic ← French académique ← Latin acadēmicu
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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. Englishsuper-
  7. Ancient GreekἈκάδημος (Akádēmos)
  8. Ancient GreekἈκαδημία (Akadēmía)
  9. Ancient GreekἈκάδημος (Akádēmos)
  10. Ancient GreekἈκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)
  11. Ancient Greekἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)
  12. Medieval Latinacadēmicus
  13. Latinacadēmicu
  14. Frenchacadémique
  15. Englishacademic
  16. English todaysuperacademic

From super- + academic.

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