Where does “superdiscipline” come from?
superdiscipline (English) comes from English discipline, from Old French descipline, from Latin disciplina, from Latin discipulus, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos — adjectival suffix.
superdiscipline (English): An academic discipline comprising several...
Definitions
- An academic discipline comprising several...
Ancestry of “superdiscipline”, step by step
superdiscipline traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English discipline
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | discipline | A controlled behaviour; self-control; A specific... |
| 2 | Old French | descipline | corporal punishment; massacre; ravaging;... |
| 3 | Latin | disciplina | teaching, instruction, education; training;... |
| 4 | Latin | discipulus | student, pupil, disciple, schoolboy; cadet |
| 5 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 6 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
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 |