English
suprasegmental
From supra- + segmental.
A compound of supra- + segmental
Proto-Indo-European *úp
…
Proto-Italic *superos ‘upper’
Proto-Italic *superād ‘above’
Old Latin suprād
Latin suprā ‘above, on the top, on the upper side’
English supra-
Today it means
noun An effect on speech, such as length, stress, tone, and phonation type, that extends over more than one segment of sounds.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “suprasegmental”. 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 / suprasegmental