Etymology

superpipe

S1U1P3E1R1P3I1P3E1

Today it means: A large halfpipe, used in certain gravity-based extreme sports such as snowboarding and freestyle skiing Full definition →

English pipe ← 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. Englishpipe
  8. English todaysuperpipe

From super- + pipe.

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