Where does “superimmensity” come from?
superimmensity (English) comes from English immensity, from English immense, from Middle French immense, from Latin immensus, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
superimmensity (English): The state or characteristic of being superimmense
Definitions
- The state or characteristic of being superimmense
Ancestry of “superimmensity”, step by step
superimmensity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English immensity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | immensity | The state or characteristic of being immense; An... |
| 2 | English | immense | Huge, gigantic, very large; Supremely good;... |
| 3 | Middle French | immense | — |
| 4 | Latin | immensus | immeasurable, boundless, endless, vast, immense |
| 5 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 6 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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 |