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Where does “supero” come from?

supero (Italian) comes from Latin superus, 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-.

supero (Italian): higher; superior; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. higher; superior; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “supero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsuperusbeing above, upper
2Latinsuper"accusative" above, on the top of, upon;...
3Latineks-uper—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →