uper

Over.

Derivatives include over, sovereign, sirloin, soprano, and somersault.

1. Extended form *uperi.

a. over, over-, from Old English ofer, over;

b. orlop, from Middle Low German over, over. Both a and b from Germanic *uberi.

2. Variant form *(s)uper.

a. soubrette, sovereign, super-, superable, superior, supreme, supremo, sur-; sirloin, from Latin super, super-, above, over;

b. suffixed form *(s)uper-no-. supernal, from Latin supernus, above, upper, top;

c. suffixed form *super-bhw-o-, “being above” (*bhw-o-, being; see bheuə-). superb, from Latin superbus, superior, excellent, arrogant;

d. suffixed (superlative) reduced form *sup-mo-. sum¹, summit, from Latin summus, highest, topmost;

e. suffixed form *super-o-. sopranino, soprano, supra-; somersault, from Latin suprā (feminine ablative singular), above, beyond.

3. Basic form *uper. hyper-, from Greek huper, over.

 

[Pokorny upér 1105.]

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