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==Etymology==
− It is [[bor|la|superbus|t=grand, proud, splendid, haughty]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) perhaps partly through French superbe,^(Hoad 1986)^(Collins 2023) from super, above (see [[super-]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) with a second element perhaps from the root meaning “to be” (see [[be]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) so literally “being above”.^(Barnhart 1988)
+ It is [[bor|la|superbus|t=grand, proud, splendid, haughty]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) perhaps partly through [[fr|superbe]],^(Hoad 1986)^(Collins 2023) from super, above (see [[super-]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) with a second element perhaps from the root meaning “to be” (see [[be]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) so literally “being above”.^(Barnhart 1988)
==Earliest recorded meaning==