Where does “superhorizon” come from?
superhorizon (English) comes from English horizon, from Middle English orisonte, from Middle French horizon, from Old French orisonte, from Latin horizōn, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων, from Ancient Greek ὅρος, from Proto-Hellenic wórwos.
superhorizon (English): Larger than the cosmological horizon
Definitions
- Larger than the cosmological horizon
Ancestry of “superhorizon”, step by step
superhorizon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English horizon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | horizon | The visible horizontal line or point that... |
| 2 | Middle English | orisonte | The horizon point where the sky seems to disappear |
| 3 | Middle French | horizon | — |
| 4 | Old French | orisonte | — |
| 5 | Latin | horizōn | horizon |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὁρίζων | horizon |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὅρος | boundary, limit, frontier, landmark; marking... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | wórwos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | werw- | — |
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 |