Where does “supervaluationist” come from?
supervaluationist (English) comes from English supervaluation, 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 — I.
supervaluationist (English): A logician who uses the system of supervaluationism
Definitions
- A logician who uses the system of supervaluationism
Ancestry of “supervaluationist”, step by step
supervaluationist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English supervaluation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | supervaluation | The valuation of a logical expression according... |
| 2 | English | super | Of excellent quality, superfine; better than... |
| 3 | English | super-ego | Alternative spelling of superego |
| 4 | German | Über-Ich | superego |
| 5 | German | Ich | ego, the Ich; self, me, him, etc |
| 6 | Middle High German | ich | I |
| 7 | Old High German | ih | I |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | ik | I |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *ek | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |