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Where does “super-lourd” come from?

super-lourd (French) comes from French super-, from Latin super-, 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-lourd (French): superheavyweight; superheavy

Definitions

  1. superheavyweight; superheavy

Ancestry of “super-lourd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsuper-super-, over-
2Latinsuper-super-; over, above
3Latinsuper"accusative" above, on the top of, upon;...
4Latineks-uper—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
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