Etymology

superior

su·per·i·or
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Today it means: Higher in rank, status, or quality. Full definition →

Old French superiour ← Latin superior
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsuperior“higher, upper”
  2. Old French · derived fromsuperiour
  3. English todaysuperior

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior (“higher, upper”).

Words from the same roots

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.