Old 10-22-20, 02:56 PM
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Salamandrine 
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I guess it's my turn to be a pedant, but 'super' is originally latin and goes back to classical times at the very least. It's mainly interesting in that it wasn't modified at all as colloquial Italian gradually came to dominate.

I remember well visiting relatives in Italy. My older 2nd cousin knew only two English words, which he was very proud of and used as much as possible: "OK" and "coca-cola". Neither of which are English, strictly speaking.
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