Where does “superstability” come from?
superstability (English) comes from English stability, from Old French stabilité, from Latin stabilitas, from Latin stabilis, from Latin stare, from Latin sto, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti.
superstability (English): The quality of being superstable
Definitions
- The quality of being superstable
Ancestry of “superstability”, step by step
superstability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stability | The condition of being stable or in equilibrium,... |
| 2 | Old French | stabilité | Alternative form of estabilité |
| 3 | Latin | stabilitas | stability, steadiness, immovability |
| 4 | Latin | stabilis | That stands firm; firm, steadfast, steady, sure,... |
| 5 | Latin | stare | present active infinitive of stō; stand; to be |
| 6 | Latin | sto | I stand; I stay, remain; I am |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
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 |