Where does “superficiality” come from?
Superficiality derives from English superficial plus the suffix -ity, from French superficiel and -ité, from Latin superficialis and -itas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-, meaning to place or put.
superficiality (English): The property of being superficial, the tendency...
Definitions
- The property of being superficial, the tendency...
Ancestry of “superficiality”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | superficial | Of or pertaining to the surface; Being near the... |
| 2 | Latin | superficialis | Of or pertaining to the surface, superficial |
| 3 | Latin | superficiēs | the top, surface |
| 4 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |