Etymology

ubergeek

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Today it means: A highly proficient geek. Full definition →

English geek ← German über- ← Proto-Germanic *ubiri
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*ubiri
  2. Germanüber
  3. Germanüber-
  4. Englishuber-
  5. Englishgeek
  6. English todayubergeek

From uber- + geek.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.