Etymology

superproper

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English proper ← Middle English propre ← Anglo-Norman propre
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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*per-der.?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  11. Proto-Italic*pro-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*preyH-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*priHós
  14. Proto-Italic*prijos
  15. Proto-Italic*proprijos
  16. Latinpropriu
  17. Anglo-Normanpropre
  18. Middle Englishpropre
  19. Englishproper
  20. English todaysuperproper

From super- + proper.

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