Word Origin Summary

Superfluus is attested in Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• superfluo

  Italian · derived from

• superfluity

  English · derived from

• superflu

  French · borrowed from

• superfluo

  Spanish · derived from

• superfluu

  Romanian · borrowed from

• superfluous

  English · derived from

• superflu

  Catalan · derived from

• superfluo

  Galician · derived from

What You Can Explore

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