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Where does “supervacaneousness” come from?

supervacaneousness (English) comes from English supervacaneous, from Latin supervacaneus, from Latin super-, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó.

supervacaneousness (English): The state or quality of being supervacaneous

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being supervacaneous

Ancestry of “supervacaneousness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsupervacaneousAdded above what is needed or necessary;...
2Latinsupervacaneusabove what is necessary, unnecessary, needless,...
3Latinsuper-super-; over, above
4Latinsuper"accusative" above, on the top of, upon;...
5Latineks-uper—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →