Etymology

superb

su·perb
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Today it means: First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good. Full definition →

Latin superbus
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromsuperbus
  2. Latin · learned borrowing fromsuperbus
  3. English todaysuperb

Learned borrowing from Latin superbus.

Words from the same roots

Latinsuperbus all →

superbine

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.