Where does “superachiever” come from?
superachiever (English) comes from English achiever, from English achieve, from Middle English acheven, from Anglo-Norman achever, from Old French achever, from Latin accapāre, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic — that.
superachiever (English): One who achieves a great deal
Definitions
- One who achieves a great deal
Ancestry of “superachiever”, step by step
superachiever traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English achiever
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | achiever | One who achieves something; One who tends to... |
| 2 | English | achieve | To succeed in something, now especially in... |
| 3 | Middle English | acheven | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | achever | — |
| 5 | Old French | achever | — |
| 6 | Latin | accapāre | finish |
| 7 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 8 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 9 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 10 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via English super
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | super | Of excellent quality, superfine; better than... |
| 2 | English | super-ego | Alternative spelling of superego |
| 3 | German | Über-Ich | superego |
| 4 | German | Ich | ego, the Ich; self, me, him, etc |
| 5 | Middle High German | ich | I |
| 6 | Old High German | ih | I |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ik | I |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *ek | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |