quword 趣词
Word Origins Dictionary
- supreme




- supreme: [16] Supreme comes ultimately from Latin suprā ‘above’ (a close relative of super). From this was formed the adjective suprēmus ‘highest’, which English adopted as supreme. Supremo is a 20th-century borrowing of the Spanish version of the word.
=> super - supremacist (n.)




- by 1948, originally with reference to racial beliefs and in most cases with white, from supremacy + -ist. Compare supremist. Related: Supremacism.
- supremacy (n.)




- 1540s, from supreme + -acy, or from Latin supremitatem (nominative supremitas). Supremity in same sense is from 1530s.
- supreme (adj.)




- 1520s, from Middle French suprême (15c.) and directly from Latin supremus "highest," superlative of superus "situated above," from super "above" (see super-). Supreme Being "God" first attested 1690s; Supreme Court is from 1689.
- supremist (n.)




- 1640s, "one who holds supreme authority," from supreme + -ist.