Where does “superabuelo” come from?

superabuelo (Spanish) comes from Spanish 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-.

superabuelo (Spanish): super-grandad

Definitions

  1. super-grandad

Ancestry of “superabuelo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsuper-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-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-