English
superoperator
From super- + operator.
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- ‘to work, toil, make’
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Latin opera
Latin operātus ‘having worked, laboured, toiled’
Latin operor ‘work, labour’
Latin operātor
English operator
Today it means
noun A linear operator acting on a space of linear operators
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “superoperator”. 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.
Etymograph / superoperator