Where does “superattractive” come from?
superattractive (English) comes from English attractive, from Middle French attractif, from Late Latin attractivus, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
superattractive (English): Very highly attractive
Definitions
- Very highly attractive
Ancestry of “superattractive”, step by step
superattractive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English attractive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | attractive | Causing attraction; having the quality of... |
| 2 | Middle French | attractif | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | attractivus | interesting; attractive |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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 |