Etymology

superimposition

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Today it means: The placing of one image on top of another, especially placing a photograph over some other graphic; an image thus placed. Full definition →

English imposition ← Middle English imposicioun ← Latin 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. Middle Englishimposicioun
  8. Englishimposition
  9. English todaysuperimposition

From super- + imposition.

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