Where does “superfertility” come from?
superfertility (English) comes from English super, from English super-ego, from German Über-Ich, from German Ich, from Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek — I.
superfertility (English): The property of being superfertile
Definitions
- The property of being superfertile
Ancestry of “superfertility”, step by step
superfertility traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English fertility
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fertility | The condition, or the degree, of being fertile;... |
| 2 | Middle French | fertilité | — |
| 3 | Latin | fertilitas | fruitfulness, fertility, abundance |
| 4 | Latin | fertilis | fruitful, fertile; productive |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |