Where does “uber-famous” come from?
uber-famous (English) comes from English famous, from Middle English famous, from Anglo-Norman famous, from Latin famosus, from Latin -osus, from Old Latin -osos, from Latin ont-to-s, from Latin -o-wont-to-s.
uber-famous (English): Exceedingly famous; super famous
Definitions
- Exceedingly famous; super famous
Ancestry of “uber-famous”, step by step
uber-famous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English famous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | famous | Well known; In the public eye; To make famous; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | famous | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | famous | — |
| 4 | Latin | famosus | famed, celebrated, noted, renowned, famous;... |
| 5 | Latin | -osus | -ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to |
| 6 | Old Latin | -osos | accusative masculine plural of -ōsus |
| 7 | Latin | ont-to-s | — |
| 8 | Latin | -o-wont-to-s | — |
via English Uber
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Uber | A car ride requested using the mobile application... |
| 2 | German | über | above, over; about, concerning, over, at; via,... |
| 3 | Old High German | ubari | over |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ubiri | over; over, above |
| 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- | — |