English
superweak
From super- + weak.
Proto-Indo-European *h₃weyg- ‘to start moving’
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Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną ‘to yield, cease, fold’
Proto-Germanic *waikwaz ‘weak, soft, pliable’
Old Norse veikr ‘pliant; weak’
Middle English waik
English weak
Today it means
adj Describing a class of particles (superWIMPs) that interact with others very weakly.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “superweak”. 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 / superweak