Where does “Super-” come from?

Super- (Portuguese) comes 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- (Portuguese): super- superior in size, quality, number, degree, status, title or position

Definitions

  1. super- superior in size, quality, number, degree, status, title or position

Ancestry of “Super-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsuper-super-; over, above
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-

Words derived from “Super-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European upóEvery word from Proto-Indo-European upér