Where does “supercorporation” come from?
supercorporation (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.
supercorporation (English): A very large and powerful corporation
Definitions
- A very large and powerful corporation
Ancestry of “supercorporation”, step by step
supercorporation 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 corporation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | corporation | A body corporate, created by law or under... |
| 2 | Late Latin | corporatio | assumption of a body |
| 3 | Latin | corporatus | A member of a corporation; corporate |
| 4 | Latin | corporare | present active infinitive of corporō;... |
| 5 | Latin | corpus | body, person; substance, material; the flesh of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | korpos | body |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krépos | body |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krep- | body |