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Where does “superfluo” come from?

superfluo (Italian) comes from Latin superfluus, from Latin superfluō, 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.

superfluo (Italian): superfluous, redundant, surplus, unnecessary,...

Definitions

  1. superfluous, redundant, surplus, unnecessary,...

Ancestry of “superfluo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsuperfluusrunning over, overflowing; superfluous,...
2Latinsuperfluō—
3Latinsuper-super-; over, above
4Latinsuper"accusative" above, on the top of, upon;...
5Latineks-uper—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “superfluo”

  • superfluamente
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