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Where does “supervisal” come from?

supervisal (English) comes from English supervise, from Medieval Latin supervisus, from Latin supervidere, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó.

supervisal (English): supervision

Definitions

  1. supervision

Ancestry of “supervisal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsuperviseTo oversee or direct a task or organization; To...
2Medieval Latinsupervisus—
3Latinsupervidere—
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- →