Etymology

superheavyweight

Today it means: Of or pertaining to the weight class for boxers exceeding 91 kilograms in body weight. Full definition →

English heavyweight ← Middle English heven ← Old English hebban
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  9. Proto-Germanic*habjaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*habbjan
  11. Old Englishhebban
  12. Middle Englishheven
  13. Englishheave
  14. Englishheavy
  15. Englishweight
  16. Englishheavyweight
  17. English todaysuperheavyweight

From super- + heavyweight.

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