Where does “super” come from?

super (French) comes from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

super (French): superb, great; extremely, very; great, fantastic

Definitions

  1. superb, great; extremely, very; great, fantastic

Ancestry of “super”, step by step

super traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin super

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsuper"accusative" above, on the top of, upon;...
2Latineks-uper—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via Proto-Germanic sūpaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsūpanąto drink; sip; slurp; gulp
2Proto-Indo-European*sewb-—

Words derived from “super”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →