Etymology

superplus

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Today it means: surplus Full definition →

Medieval Latin superplūs ← Old French surplus
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromsurplus
  2. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromsuperplūs
  3. English todaysuperplus

Borrowed from Medieval Latin superplūs, itself calqued from Old French surplus. See surplus.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.