Where does “superbasic” come from?

superbasic (English) comes from English Basic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

superbasic (English): Relating to a superbase

Definitions

  1. Relating to a superbase

Ancestry of “superbasic”, step by step

superbasic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Basic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBasicA family of third-generation computer programming languages (c.1964 on)
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English super

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsuperOf excellent quality, superfine; better than...
2Englishsuper-egoAlternative spelling of superego
3GermanÜber-Ichsuperego
4GermanIchego, the Ich; self, me, him, etc
5Middle High GermanichI
6Old High GermanihI
7Proto-West GermanicikI
8Proto-Germanic*ek
9Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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