Where does “supersuccessful” come from?
supersuccessful (English) comes from English successful, from English success, from Italian successo, from Latin successus, from Latin succēdere, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō, from Proto-Italic ke.
supersuccessful (English): Very highly successful
Definitions
- Very highly successful
Ancestry of “supersuccessful”, step by step
supersuccessful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English successful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | successful | Resulting in success; assuring, or promoting,... |
| 2 | English | success | The achievement of one's aim or goal; Financial... |
| 3 | Italian | successo | success |
| 4 | Latin | successus | course, flow (of time), approach |
| 5 | Latin | succēdere | — |
| 6 | Latin | cēdō | to go, move, proceed, go along, move along |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 9 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |
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 |