Etymology

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Today it means: A translation of a segment of the libretto or other text or sometimes a brief summary of the plot projected onto a screen above the stage during a performance of an opera or other similar performance sung in a foreign language; a supertitle. Full definition →

French sur ← Latin super
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsuper
  2. French · derived fromsur“over, above”
  3. English todaysurtitle

From French sur (“over, above”), from Latin super, + title, from Latin titulum.

Words from the same roots

Latinsuper all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.