Word Origin Summary

Superlātīvus 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

• absolutt superlativ

  Norwegian Bokmål · derived from

• superlativ

  Romanian · borrowed from

• superlatif

  French · inherited from

• superlativ

  Norwegian Bokmål · derived from

• superlative

  English · derived from

• supèrlatif

  Norman · inherited from

• superlatif

  French · inherited from

What You Can Explore

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• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root