Etymology

supersolid

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Today it means: A superfluid material that has a spatially ordered structure similar to a crystal. Full definition →

English solid ← Middle English solide ← Old French solide
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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*solh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s
  9. Proto-Italic*soliðos
  10. Latinsolidus
  11. Old Frenchsolide
  12. Middle Englishsolide
  13. Englishsolid
  14. English todaysupersolid

From super- + solid.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.