Where does “superfemale” come from?

superfemale (English) comes from English female, from Middle English female, from Middle English femelle, from Old French femelle, from Medieval Latin femella, from Latin femella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

superfemale (English): A female with an additional X chromosome in each...

Definitions

  1. A female with an additional X chromosome in each...

Ancestry of “superfemale”, step by step

superfemale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English female

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfemaleBelonging to the sex which typically produces...
2Middle Englishfemale
3Middle Englishfemelle
4Old Frenchfemellefemale
5Medieval Latinfemellaa female; girl, young woman; vocative singular of...
6Latinfemellagirl, young woman; vocative singular of femella;...
7Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
8Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English super

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsuperOf excellent quality, superfine; better than...
2Englishsuper-egoAlternative spelling of superego
3GermanÜber-Ichsuperego
4GermanIchego, the Ich; self, me, him, etc
5Middle High GermanichI
6Old High GermanihI
7Proto-West GermanicikI
8Proto-Germanic*ek
9Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -lusEvery word from Latin femella