Etymology

superbus

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Today it means: A bus which is larger than or considered superior to ordinary buses. Full definition →

English bus ← French omnibus ← Latin omnibu
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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*h₃ep-
  8. Proto-Italic*opnis
  9. Latinomnis
  10. Latinomnibu
  11. Frenchomnibus
  12. Englishomnibusclip.
  13. Englishbus
  14. English todaysuperbus

From super- + bus.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.