Etymology

supercaffeine

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Today it means: Any substance having a strong physiological effect, similar to that of caffeine but stronger. Full definition →

English caffeine ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishcaffeine
  8. English todaysupercaffeine

From super- + caffeine.

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