Etymology

superlow

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Today it means: Very low Full definition →

English low ← Middle English lāh ← Old Norse lágr
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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*legʰ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*légʰyeti
  9. Proto-Germanic*ligjaną
  10. Proto-Germanic*lēgaz
  11. Old Norselágr
  12. Middle Englishlāh
  13. Englishlow
  14. English todaysuperlow

From super- + low.

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