Etymograph

English

super-app

From super + app.

A compound of super + app

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over’

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Latin super ‘above’

Latin super-

Middle English super-

English super-

English super

Latin applicātiō ‘application’

Old French aplicacion ‘application’

Middle English applicacioun

English application

English app

The story

Attested from a 2010 speech by BlackBerry founder Mike Lazaridis at Mobile World Congress (see quotations below).

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Today it means

noun A mobile or web application that can provide multiple services.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “super-app”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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