English
supra
Supra comes from Latin suprā ‘above, on the top, on the upper side’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *úp.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*úpreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*upér‘above’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*super‘above’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*superos‘upper’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*superād‘above’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEsuprād
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuprā‘above, on the top, on the upper side’
- Englishearliest quotation 2018supra
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*úpreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*upér‘above’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*super‘above’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*superos‘upper’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*superād‘above’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEsuprād
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuprā‘above, on the top, on the upper side’
- Englishearliest quotation 2018supra
Earliest quotation: 2018, Julius Taranto, On Outgrowing David Foster Wallace: “Set aside the very recent #MeToo discussion, which as…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘above’
over, superior, uber, supervise, 18 more
through Proto-Italic *super ‘above’
super, sovereign, soprano, 16 more
through Proto-Italic *superos ‘upper’
summary, supreme, consummate, summa, 4 more
through Latin suprā ‘above, on the top, on the upper side’
Another origin of supra
- Arabicc. 500–presentسُفْرَة‘victuals’
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentسفرهsufra‘tablecloth’
- Georgianmodernსუფრაsupra‘tablecloth’
- Englishtodaysupra
Today it means
adv Used to indicate that the current citation is from a source cited earlier in the text.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *úp / supra