Etymology

superplanet

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Today it means: Any very large planet, but especially a large superjovian gas giant Full definition →

English planet ← 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. Englishplanet
  8. English todaysuperplanet

From super- + planet.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.