Etymograph

English

superoffensive

From super- + offensive.

Formed from super- + offensive

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- ‘to strike’

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Latin offendō ‘to hit’

Old French offendre ‘to attack’

Middle French offendre ‘to attack’

Middle French offensif

English offensive

Today it means

noun A particularly powerful military offensive.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / superoffensive