Etymology

superfamily

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Today it means: A taxonomic category above family and below order (and its subdivisions). Full definition →

English family ← 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. Englishfamily
  8. English todaysuperfamily

From super- + family.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.