Where does “superomniscience” come from?
superomniscience (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.
superomniscience (English): True, transcendent omniscience; truly unrestricted knowledge of all things, including species
Definitions
- True, transcendent omniscience; truly unrestricted knowledge of all things, including species
Ancestry of “superomniscience”, step by step
superomniscience 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 omniscience
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | omniscience | The capacity to know everything |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | omniscientia | all-knowledge; nominative neuter plural of... |
| 3 | Spanish | omni- | omni-; bad; badly |