Etymology

superbike

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Today it means: A super sport bike with a large engine, usually between 800 and 1200 cc Full definition →

English bike ← French bicycle ← Late Latin cyclus
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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. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  8. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  10. Proto-Italic*dwis
  11. Old Latinduis
  12. Latinbis
  13. Frenchbi-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  15. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  16. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  17. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  18. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  19. Late Latincyclus
  20. Frenchcycle
  21. Frenchbicycle
  22. Englishbicycleclip.
  23. Englishbike
  24. English todaysuperbike

From super- + bike.

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