Etymology

supercruise

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Today it means: To cruise at supersonic speed without using afterburners. Full definition →

English cruise ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super
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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. Englishcruise
  8. English todaysupercruise

From super- + cruise.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.