Etymology

superagent

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Today it means: A highly skilled or prominent agent, particularly in show business. Full definition →

English agent ← Latin agēns ← Proto-Italic *super
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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. Latinagō
  8. Latinagēns
  9. Englishagent
  10. English todaysuperagent

From super- + agent.

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