Super takes off
https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/t/0/_/oupblog/~https://blog.oup.com/2021/09/super-takes-off/Superman has been around for more than eighty years. The word super been a part of English much longer. It was borrowed into English from Latin, and in Old English we already find the word superhumerale to refer to a religious garment worn over the shoulders.The earliest OED citation of super applied to people is from 1599 and refers to women and their "… super humane and angelicall natures." This refere...
