The story
- Latin · derived fromceleritas“swiftness”
- English todaysupercee
Presumed super- + cee, a respelling of the physics symbol c (denoting the speed of light in a vacuum; an abbreviation of both English constant and Latin celeritas (“swiftness”)).
Words from the same roots
Latinceleritas all →
celerityceleritous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.