Etymology

superluminescent

Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting superluminescence Full definition →

English luminescent ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *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. Englishluminescent
  8. English todaysuperluminescent

From super- + luminescent.

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