Where does “superpraise” come from?
superpraise (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.
superpraise (English): To overpraise; to praise highly
Definitions
- To overpraise; to praise highly
Ancestry of “superpraise”, step by step
superpraise 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 praise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | praise | commendation; favourable representation in words;... |
| 2 | Middle English | praisen | — |
| 3 | Old French | proisier | to value, prize |
| 4 | Late Latin | pretio | to value, prize; I esteem, I prize, I value; I... |
| 5 | Latin | pretium | worth, price, value, cost; pay, hire, wage,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pretjom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |