Etymograph

English

superpious

From super- + pious.

Formed from super- + pious

Proto-Indo-European *pewH- ‘pure’

Proto-Italic *pīos ‘pious, devout’

Latin pius ‘pious, dutiful, blessed, kind, devout’

English pious

Today it means

adj Very pious.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “superpious”. 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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