Where does “superemission” come from?
superemission (English) comes from English emission, from Middle French émission, from Latin ēmissiō, from Latin ēmittō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.
superemission (English): A greater than normal emission (typically of aerosols during speech)
Definitions
- A greater than normal emission (typically of aerosols during speech)
Ancestry of “superemission”, step by step
superemission traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English emission
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | emission | Something which is emitted or sent out; issue;... |
| 2 | Middle French | émission | — |
| 3 | Latin | ēmissiō | a sending out |
| 4 | Latin | ēmittō | to send forth, emit, discharge |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
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 |