Etymology

supercelestial

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Today it means: Situated above the heavens. Full definition →

English celestial ← Middle English celestial ← Old French celestia
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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*kéh₂ilom
  8. Proto-Italic*kailom?
  9. Latincaelum
  10. Latinterrestris
  11. Latincaelestis
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Medieval Latincaelestiāli
  15. Old Frenchcelestia
  16. Middle Englishcelestial
  17. Englishcelestial
  18. English todaysupercelestial

From super- + celestial.

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