Where does “superinfective” come from?
superinfective (English) comes from English infective, from English infect, from Middle French infect, from Latin infectus, from Latin īnficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
superinfective (English): Relating to, or causing a superinfection
Definitions
- Relating to, or causing a superinfection
Ancestry of “superinfective”, step by step
superinfective traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English infective
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | infective | Able to cause infection; infectious; A person who... |
| 2 | English | infect | To bring into contact with a substance that... |
| 3 | Middle French | infect | — |
| 4 | Latin | infectus | not done, undone; unfinished; impossible |
| 5 | Latin | īnficiō | to dip, to dunk, to submerge |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
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 |