English
supernormal
Coined from super- + normal between 1865 and 1870.
Latin nōrma ‘carpenter's square’
Latin nōrmālis ‘made according to a carpenter's square’
English normal
The story
Coined from super- + normal between 1865 and 1870.
Today it means
adj Beyond what is normal; exceeding the average or the point of reference.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / supernormal