Where does “supereffective” come from?
supereffective (English) comes from English effective, from English effect, from Middle English effect, from Old French effect, from Latin effectus, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — resin.
supereffective (English): Particularly effective
Definitions
- Particularly effective
Ancestry of “supereffective”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | effective | Having the power to produce a required effect or... |
| 2 | English | effect | The result or outcome of a cause; Impression left... |
| 3 | Middle English | effect | — |
| 4 | Old French | effect | effect; judgment; decree |
| 5 | Latin | effectus | made out, worked out, completed, finished,... |
| 6 | Latin | efficiō | to make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose |
| 7 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |