Etymograph

English

superthreshold

From super- + threshold.

A compound of super- + threshold

Middle English threschwolde ‘a door-sill’

English threshold

Today it means

adj Of a stimulus: strong enough to elicit a response.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “superthreshold”. 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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