Where does “supercrip” come from?
supercrip (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.
supercrip (English): A disabled person who works hard to overcome...
Definitions
- A disabled person who works hard to overcome...
Ancestry of “supercrip”, step by step
supercrip 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 Crip
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Crip | A member of The Crips, a violent Los Angeles... |
| 2 | English | cripple | Crippled; a person who has severely impaired... |
| 3 | Middle English | cripel | Alternative form of crepel |
| 4 | Old English | crypel | cripple, disabled person; crippled, disabled |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | krupil | crawling, cripple |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | krupilaz | tending to, or prone to crawl; creeping;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | grewb- | to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |