Etymology

supermorbid

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Today it means: Severely morbid. Full definition →

English morbid ← Latin morbidus ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
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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*mer-der.?
  8. Latinmorbus
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  10. Latinmorbidus
  11. Englishmorbid
  12. English todaysupermorbid

From super- + morbid.

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