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
- Very streamlined
Ancestry of “superstreamlined”, step by step
superstreamlined traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English streamlined
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | streamlined | Designed to offer little resistance to the flow... |
| 2 | English | streamline | A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of... |
| 3 | English | stream | A small river; a large creek; a body of moving... |
| 4 | Middle English | streem | Alternative form of strem |
| 5 | Middle English | strem | A waterbody; a region of the world containing... |
| 6 | Old English | strēam | current; stream |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | straum | stream |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | straumaz | stream, current, river |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | srowmos | river |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |
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 |