Etymology

superhigh

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Today it means: Extremely high Full definition →

English high ← Middle English heigh ← Old English hēah
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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-Indo-European*kewk-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kówkos
  9. Proto-Germanic*hauhaz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*hauh
  11. Old Englishhēah
  12. Middle Englishheigh
  13. Englishhigh
  14. English todaysuperhigh

From super- + high.

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