Etymology

supercluster

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Today it means: An extended group of clusters of galaxies. Full definition →

English cluster ← Middle English cluster ← Old English clyster
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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-Germanic*klas-
  8. Proto-Germanic*klus-
  9. Old Englishclyster
  10. Middle Englishcluster
  11. Englishcluster
  12. English todaysupercluster

From super- + cluster.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.