Where does “superscript” come from?
Superscript comes from Middle French superscript, from Latin superscriptus, the past participle of superscribo, meaning to write above, derived from scribo, to write, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ-, to cut or scratch.
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Ancestry of “superscript”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | superscript | — |
| 2 | Latin | superscriptus | |
| 3 | Latin | superscribo | I write over or upon: I superscribe |
| 4 | Latin | super- | super-; over, above |
| 5 | Latin | super | "accusative" above, on the top of, upon;... |
| 6 | Latin | eks-uper | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |