Etymology

superuser

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Today it means: A user with complete access to the operating system and its configuration. Full definition →

English user ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *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. Englishuser
  8. English todaysuperuser

From super- + user.

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