Where does “supertalented” come from?
supertalented (English) comes from English super, from English super-ego, from German Über-Ich, from German Ich, from Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek — I.
supertalented (English): Very highly talented
Definitions
- Very highly talented
Ancestry of “supertalented”, step by step
supertalented traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English talented
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | talented | Endowed with one or more talents |
| 2 | English | talent | A marked natural ability or skill; A unit of... |
| 3 | Middle English | talent | A talent ancient unit of money or weight |
| 4 | Old French | talent | desire; wish |
| 5 | Latin | talentum | A Grecian weight, which contained sixty minae or... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τάλαντον | balance, scale; anything weighed |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tl̥h₂ent- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | telh₂- | to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom |