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Where does “supremacy” come from?

Supremacy derives from Middle French suprématie, from Latin supremātia, from supremus meaning "highest," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European upo and uperi meaning "over" or "above."

supremacy (English): The quality of being supreme; Power over all...

Definitions

  1. The quality of being supreme; Power over all...

Ancestry of “supremacy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsuprêmeAlternative form of supreme
2Frenchsuprêmesupreme; last
3Middle Frenchsuprême—
4Latinsuprēmus—
5Proto-Italicsuperisemos—

Words derived from “supremacy”

  • supremacist
  • supremacistic
  • antisupremacist
  • suprémacisme
  • suprématie
  • suprémaciste
  • supremacia
  • supremație
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