Etymology

supercenter

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Today it means: A big box, especially one that is even larger than normal. Full definition →

English center ← Middle English center ← Middle French centre
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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. Latincentrum
  8. Middle Frenchcentre
  9. Middle Englishcenter
  10. Englishcenter
  11. English todaysupercenter

From super- + center.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.