Etymograph

English

superweapon

From super- + weapon.

Formed from super- + weapon

Proto-Germanic *wēpną

Proto-West Germanic *wāpn

Old English wǣpn

Middle English wepen ‘something adopted as a weapon’

English weapon

Today it means

noun An extremely powerful weapon.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “superweapon”. 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 / superweapon