Etymology

supernature

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Today it means: A nature transcending the usual constraints of the physical world. Full definition →

English nature ← Middle English nature ← Old French nature
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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*ǵenh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₁-sḱé-ti
  9. Proto-Italic*gnāskōr
  10. Latinnāscor
  11. Latinnātūra
  12. Old Frenchnature
  13. Middle Englishnature
  14. Englishnature
  15. English todaysupernature

From super- + nature.

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