Where does “supersalary” come from?
supersalary (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.
supersalary (English): A very high salary
Definitions
- A very high salary
Ancestry of “supersalary”, step by step
supersalary 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 salary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | salary | A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually... |
| 2 | Middle English | salarie | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | salarie | Alternative form of salaire |
| 4 | Old French | salaire | salary |
| 5 | Latin | salārium | a salary, stipend, allowance, pension |
| 6 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |