Etymology

supercity

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Today it means: An extremely large city, metropolis or urban area. Full definition →

English city ← Middle English cite ← Old French citet
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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. Late Latincīvitātem (city)
  8. Old Frenchcitet
  9. Middle Englishcite
  10. Englishcity
  11. English todaysupercity

From super- + city.

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