An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

A prefix meaning “over, above, beyond, in addition,” occurring mainly in loanwords from Fr.

Etymology (EN): From O.Fr. sour-, sor-, sur-, from L. → super-.

Etymology (PE): Bar-, abar-, → super-; ru-, ruy- “face, surface; aspect; appearance,” variant rox (Mid.Pers. rôy, rôdh “face;” Av. raoδa- “growth,” in plural form “appearance,” from raod- “to grow, sprout, shoot;” cf. Skt. róha- “rising, height”).