English
supercategory
From super- + category.
Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορέω ‘I accuse’
Ancient Greek κατηγορία ‘charge; head of predicables’
Late Latin catēgoria ‘class of predicables’
Middle French categorie
French catégorie
English category
Today it means
noun The parent category that contains a subcategory.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / supercategory