English
Lake Inferior
lake + inferior From being located below (being inferior), named in relation to Superior (being in the superior position).
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér-o-s
Proto-Italic *enðeros ‘low’
Latin īnferus ‘below, underneath’
Latin īnferior ‘lower in situation or place’
English inferior
Today it means
name An urban myth, an underground lake located beneath Lake Superior in North America.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Lake Inferior