Where does “superseparable” come from?
superseparable (English) comes from English separable, from Middle French séparable, from Latin separabilis, from Latin sēparō, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos, from Proto-Indo-European peg- — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
superseparable (English): separable in many different ways
Definitions
- separable in many different ways
Ancestry of “superseparable”, step by step
superseparable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English separable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | separable | Able to be separated; Of a topological space,... |
| 2 | Middle French | séparable | — |
| 3 | Latin | separabilis | separable |
| 4 | Latin | sēparō | to divide, separate |
| 5 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 6 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 9 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |
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 |