Word Origin Summary

Superstitiō 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

• superstition

  French · borrowed from

• superstición

  Spanish · derived from

• superstizione

  Italian · derived from

• superstiție

  Romanian · borrowed from

• superstiĉo

  Esperanto · derived from

• supersticion

  Occitan · borrowed from

• superstizzjoni

  Maltese · borrowed from

• superstició

  Catalan · derived from

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