Where does “supervise” come from?
Supervise comes from Medieval Latin supervisus, the past participle of Latin supervidere, meaning to oversee, which combines Latin super- with videre, meaning to see, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weyd-, meaning to see.
supervise (English): To oversee or direct a task or organization; To...
Definitions
- To oversee or direct a task or organization; To...
Ancestry of “supervise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | supervisus | — |
| 2 | Latin | supervidere | — |
| 3 | Latin | super | "accusative" above, on the top of, upon;... |
| 4 | Latin | eks-uper | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |