Where does “supernutritious” come from?
supernutritious (English) comes from English super, from English super-ego, from German Über-Ich, from German Ich, from Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek — I.
supernutritious (English): Remarkably nutritious
Definitions
- Remarkably nutritious
Ancestry of “supernutritious”, step by step
supernutritious traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English nutritious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nutritious | Providing nutrients; healthy to eat |
| 2 | Latin | nutritius | Alternative form of nūtrīcius |
| 3 | Latin | nutritus | Brought up; Nourished; Breastfed |
| 4 | Latin | nūtriō | to suckle, breastfeed, nurse |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | snoutrjō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | snew-tr-ih₂ | female nurser |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)neh₂- | to swim; to float |