Etymology of the English word supervene
the English word
supervenederived from the Latin word
supervenire (come up, arrive)
derived from the Latin word
venire (to come; go for sale, be sold , be disposed of for)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷā-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 supervene in English dates from the 17th century.
Derivations in English
supervened,
superveningUsage
Word found in Modern English
