Etymology

superbase

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Today it means: any compound having a very high basicity Full definition →

English base ← Middle English bas ← Old French bas
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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. Late Latinbassus
  8. Old Frenchbas
  9. Middle Englishbas
  10. Englishbase
  11. English todaysuperbase

From super- + base.

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