Etymology

supertitle

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Today it means: A surtitle. Full definition →

English title ← Middle English title ← Old English titul
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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. Latintitulus
  8. Old Englishtitul
  9. Middle Englishtitle
  10. Englishtitle
  11. English todaysupertitle

From super- + title.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.