Etymology

superteam

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Today it means: Any well-respected or highly successful team (in any of several contexts) Full definition →

English team ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishteam
  8. English todaysuperteam

From super- + team.

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