Where does “superdeformable” come from?
superdeformable (English) comes from English deformable, from French déformable, from French déformer, from Latin dēfōrmō, from Latin dēfōrmis, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
superdeformable (English): That undergoes superdeformation
Definitions
- That undergoes superdeformation
Ancestry of “superdeformable”, step by step
superdeformable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English deformable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deformable | Capable of being reshaped |
| 2 | French | déformable | deformable |
| 3 | French | déformer | distort, twist out of shape, contort; distort,... |
| 4 | Latin | dēfōrmō | to form, fashion; to design, delineate, describe |
| 5 | Latin | dēfōrmis | Departing physically from the correct shape; deformed, ugly, misshapen, malformed |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 7 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
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 |