Where does “supercommentary” come from?
supercommentary (English) comes from English super, from English super-ego, from German Über-Ich, from German Ich, from Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek — I.
supercommentary (English): A commentary on another commentary; a...
Definitions
- A commentary on another commentary; a...
Ancestry of “supercommentary”, step by step
supercommentary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English commentary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | commentary | a series of comments or annotations; especially,... |
| 2 | Middle French | commentaire | — |
| 3 | Latin | commentarius | memorandum, notebook; diary, journal; a brief |
| 4 | Latin | commentor | I consider thoroughly, think over, deliberate,... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |