Etymograph

English

superweight

From super + weight.

Formed from super + weight

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over’

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Latin super ‘above’

Latin super-

Middle English super-

English super-

English super

Proto-Germanic *wihtiz

Old English wiht

Middle English weight

English weight

Today it means

noun An amateur boxing weight class in some divisions for boxers weighing more than 201 pounds; a boxer in that division.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “superweight”. 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 / superweight