Where does “supercaffeinated” come from?
supercaffeinated (English) comes from English caffeinated, from English caffeinate, from English caffeine, from German Caffein, from German Kaffee, from French café, from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve — wine; coffee; coffee shop, café.
supercaffeinated (English): Containing large amounts of caffeine; Hyperactive
Definitions
- Containing large amounts of caffeine; Hyperactive
Ancestry of “supercaffeinated”, step by step
supercaffeinated traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English caffeinated
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | caffeinated | Containing caffeine naturally or as an additive;... |
| 2 | English | caffeinate | To add caffeine to; To drink caffeinated... |
| 3 | English | caffeine | An alkaloid, CHNO, found naturally in tea and... |
| 4 | German | Caffein | Obsolete form of Koffein |
| 5 | German | Kaffee | coffee; afternoon coffee, coffee and cake |
| 6 | French | café | coffee; coffee colour; public house |
| 7 | Italian | caffè | coffee; a café |
| 8 | Turkish | kahve | coffee |
| 9 | Ottoman Turkish | قهوه | coffee |
| 10 | Persian | قهوه | coffee |
| 11 | Arabic | قهوة | wine; coffee; coffee shop, café |
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 |