Etymology

superiority

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Today it means: The state of being superior. Full definition →

Middle English superiorite ← Old French superiorite ← Medieval Latin superioritas
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsuperior
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromsuperioritas
  3. Old French · derived fromsuperiorite
  4. Middle English · inherited fromsuperiorite
  5. English todaysuperiority

From Middle English superiorite, from Old French superiorite, from Medieval Latin superioritas, from Latin superior. Morphologically superior + -ity.

Words from the same roots

Latinsuperior all →

superiorSuperia

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