Where does “supercategorization” come from?
supercategorization (English) comes from English categorization, from English categorize, from English category, from French catégorie, from German Kategorie, from Italian categoria, from Spanish categoría, from Portuguese categoria — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
supercategorization (English): The placing of something in a supercategory
Definitions
- The placing of something in a supercategory
Ancestry of “supercategorization”, step by step
supercategorization traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English categorization
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | categorization | A group of things arranged by category; a... |
| 2 | English | categorize | To assign a category; to divide into classes |
| 3 | English | category | A group, often named or numbered, to which items... |
| 4 | French | catégorie | category |
| 5 | German | Kategorie | category |
| 6 | Italian | categoria | category, topic; class |
| 7 | Spanish | categoría | category; standing, regard |
| 8 | Portuguese | categoria | category |
| 9 | Late Latin | categoria | class of predicables; accusation; predicament |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | κατηγορία | charge, accusation; predication, category |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | κατηγορέω | to speak against, especially before judges, to... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
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 |