Etymology

supermajor

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Today it means: Very major; of great significance or importance. Full definition →

English major ← Middle English major ← Latin maior
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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*méǵh₂s
  8. Proto-Indo-European*méǵyōs
  9. Proto-Italic*majjōs
  10. Latinmaior
  11. Middle Englishmajor
  12. Englishmajor
  13. English todaysupermajor

From super- + major.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.