Where does “superelegance” come from?
superelegance (English) comes from English elegance, from Middle French élégance, from Latin elegantia, from Latin ēlegāns, from Latin ēligere, from Latin ēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
superelegance (English): Great elegance
Definitions
- Great elegance
Ancestry of “superelegance”, step by step
superelegance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English elegance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | elegance | Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement,... |
| 2 | Middle French | élégance | — |
| 3 | Latin | elegantia | elegance, taste, propriety, refinement, grace;... |
| 4 | Latin | ēlegāns | fine, elegant, handsome |
| 5 | Latin | ēligere | — |
| 6 | Latin | ēligō | to choose, to pluck or root out, extract |
| 7 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
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 |