Where does “superelaborate” come from?
superelaborate (English) comes from English elaborate, from Latin ēlabōrātus, from Latin ēlabōrō, from Latin labōrō, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă, from Hungarian láb — fox.
superelaborate (English): Highly elaborate
Definitions
- Highly elaborate
Ancestry of “superelaborate”, step by step
superelaborate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English elaborate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | elaborate | Complex, detailed, or sophisticated; Intricate,... |
| 2 | Latin | ēlabōrātus | endeavored; elaborated |
| 3 | Latin | ēlabōrō | to take pains or endeavor |
| 4 | Latin | labōrō | to toil, labor, work |
| 5 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 6 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 7 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 8 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |
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 |