Where does “superluminous” come from?
superluminous (English) comes from English luminous, from Middle French lumineus, from Latin luminosus, from Latin lūmen, from English -escence, from Latin -escens, from Latin -esco, from Latin -eo — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
superluminous (English): Having a very high luminosity
Definitions
- Having a very high luminosity
Ancestry of “superluminous”, step by step
superluminous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English luminous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | luminous | Emitting light; glowing brightly; Brightly... |
| 2 | Middle French | lumineus | — |
| 3 | Latin | luminosus | bright, luminous, full of light |
| 4 | Latin | lūmen | light, source of light |
| 5 | English | -escence | a specified process or state |
| 6 | Latin | -escens | — |
| 7 | Latin | -esco | Forms verbs from adjectives meaning "become " |
| 8 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
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 |