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Where does “superstreamlined” come from?

superstreamlined (English) comes from English streamlined, from English streamline, from English stream, from Middle English streem, from Middle English strem, from Old English strēam, from Proto-West Germanic straum, from Proto-Germanic straumaz — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

superstreamlined (English): Very streamlined

Definitions

  1. Very streamlined

Ancestry of “superstreamlined”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstreamlinedDesigned to offer little resistance to the flow...
2EnglishstreamlineA line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of...
3EnglishstreamA small river; a large creek; a body of moving...
4Middle EnglishstreemAlternative form of strem
5Middle EnglishstremA waterbody; a region of the world containing...
6Old Englishstrēamcurrent; stream
7Proto-West Germanicstraumstream
8Proto-Germanicstraumazstream, current, river
9Proto-Indo-Europeansrowmosriver
10Proto-Indo-Europeansrew-to flow, stream
11Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
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