Where does “superradiant” come from?
superradiant (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.
superradiant (English): Of, pertaining to, or producing superradiance
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to, or producing superradiance
Ancestry of “superradiant”, step by step
superradiant 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 radiant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | radiant | Radiating light and/or heat; Emitted as... |
| 2 | Middle French | radiant | — |
| 3 | Latin | radiantis | genitive masculine singular of radiāns; genitive... |
| 4 | Latin | radiare | present active infinitive of radiō; second-person... |
| 5 | Latin | radius | ray; staff, rod; spoke |
| 6 | English | -án | Of or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a |
| 7 | Middle English | -an | — |