Etymology

superterrific

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Today it means: terrific, wonderful Full definition →

English terrific ← French terrifique ← Latin terrificus
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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*tres-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*troséyeti
  9. Proto-Italic*troseō
  10. Latinterreō
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  12. Proto-Italic*θakos
  13. Latinterrificus
  14. Frenchterrifique
  15. Englishterrific
  16. English todaysuperterrific

From super- + terrific.

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