English
superprimate
From super + primate.
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over’
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Latin super ‘above’
Latin super-
Middle English super-
English super-
English super
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- ‘before, in front’
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Proto-Italic *prīzmos ‘foremost, first’
Latin prīmus
Latin prīmās ‘one of the first, chief, excellent, noble’
French primate ‘primate (mammal)’
English primate
Today it means
noun A primate that is markedly superior in some way to other primates.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / superprimate