English
superplus
Superplus comes from Latin plus ‘more’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₁-‘to fill’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pléh₁-yōsreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēōs‘more’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEplous
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplus‘more’
- Englishearliest quotation 1762superplus
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₁-‘to fill’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pléh₁-yōsreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēōs‘more’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEplous
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplus‘more’
- Englishearliest quotation 1762superplus
Earliest quotation: 1762, Oliver Goldsmith: “If this be the case , there must be…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
people, public, full, popular, complete, fill, plenty, poll, supply, plain, folk, completion, implement, accomplish, comply, manipulation, complement, supplement, ample, amplitude, plurality, plethora, surplus, depletion, amplify, plenary, replenish, puri, replete, plenum, volk, deplete, plebs, plebeian, fulsome, 73 more
through Latin plus ‘more’
Today it means
noun surplus
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- / superplus