Etymology

superorganism

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Today it means: A social colony of individuals who, through division of labour, effective communication and self-organization, form a highly connected community that functions as if it were a single organism. Full definition →

English organism ← Middle English organe ← Old French organe
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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*werǵ-
  8. Ancient Greekὄργανον (órganon)
  9. Latinorganum
  10. Old Frenchorgane
  11. Middle Englishorgane
  12. Englishorgan
  13. Englishorganism
  14. English todaysuperorganism

From super- + organism.

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