Etymology of the English word superscript
the English word
superscriptderived from the Latin word
superscriptusderived from the Latin word
superscriberederived from the Latin word
scribere (write; compose)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*skribh-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*skrībh-using the Medieval Latin prefix
super-derived from the Classical Latin word
super (above)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*uperDate
The earliest known usage of superscript in English dates from the 16th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
