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Where does “superlativement” come from?

superlativement (French) comes from French superlatif, from Old French superlatif, from Latin superlātīvus, from Latin superlātus, from Latin super-, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri.

superlativement (French): superlatively

Definitions

  1. superlatively

Ancestry of “superlativement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsuperlatifsuperlative
2Old Frenchsuperlatifsuperlative
3Latinsuperlātīvus—
4Latinsuperlātus—
5Latinsuper-super-; over, above
6Latinsuper"accusative" above, on the top of, upon;...
7Latineks-uper—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
10Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →