Etymology

supercar

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Today it means: Any high-performance sports car; especially, any superexpensive one of a socially exclusive marque designed to be among the fastest on Earth with no expense spared. Full definition →

English car ← Middle English carre ← Anglo-Norman carre
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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*ḱers-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥sós
  9. Proto-Celtic*karros
  10. Gaulish*karros
  11. Latincarrus
  12. Anglo-Normancarre
  13. Middle Englishcarre
  14. Englishcar
  15. English todaysupercar

From super- + car.

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