Etymology

superspecial

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Today it means: Extremely special. Full definition →

English special ← Middle English especial ← Latin 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. Middle Englishespecial
  8. Englishspecial
  9. English todaysuperspecial

From super- + special.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.