Proto-Indo-European

*upér

‘above’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *upér.

30 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *upér, most familiar first.

• over ← ofer ← *obar ← *uber
• super
• supreme ← suppreme ← suppreme ← suprēmus ← superus
• superior ← superiour ← super ← *super
• summary ← summārius ← summa ← superus ← *superos
• uber ← ubiri ← *ubiri ← *upéri
• sovereign ← sovereyn ← soverain ← *superānus ← super
• superiority ← superiorite ← superiorite ← superioritas ← superior
• supervise ← supervisus ← super ← *super
• soprano ← *superānus ← super ← *super
• supra ← suprād ← *superād ← *superos ← *super
• consummate ← consummat(e) ← cōnsummātus ← cōnsummō ← summa

More words from *upér

• summa
• insuperable
• consommé
• supernal
• sovereignly
• souverain
• sopranino
• hypercatalexis
• hypermetria
• hyperzeuxis
• inexsuperable
• oversow
• souverainism
• superate
• supercherie
• superinduce
• superable
• supracheliceral

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *upér