Where does “superprimate” come from?
superprimate (English) comes from English primate, from French primate, from Latin prīmās, from Latin -ās, from Latin -ātis, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
superprimate (English): A primate that is markedly superior in some way...
Definitions
- A primate that is markedly superior in some way...
Ancestry of “superprimate”, step by step
superprimate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English primate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | primate | A mammal of the order "Primates", including... |
| 2 | French | primate | primate mammal |
| 3 | Latin | prīmās | one of the first or principal, chief, excellent, noble; alternative form of prīmus |
| 4 | Latin | -ās | Used to form gentilic adjectives with the meaning "of/from" a country or place |
| 5 | Latin | -ātis | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |