'Super-' is PIE *uper (over) — the same root as Greek 'hyper,' German 'uber,' and English 'over.'
A prefix meaning 'above,' 'over,' 'beyond,' or 'to a great degree,' derived from Latin and used to form words expressing superiority, excess, or transcendence.
From Latin 'super' (above, over, beyond), from PIE *upér (over, above), a comparative form of *upo (under, up from under). The same PIE root produced Greek 'hypér' (ὑπέρ, over, above) — the source of English 'hyper-' — as well as Sanskrit 'upári' and English 'over' itself. Latin 'super' was both an independent preposition and
Latin 'super' and Greek 'hyper' are the same word — both descend from PIE *upér (over). When 'superman' was coined in English (1903, translating Nietzsche's 'Übermensch'), it combined a Latin prefix with a Germanic root, but German 'über,' English 'over,' Latin 'super,' and Greek 'hyper' all trace to the same PIE source. Nietzsche's concept could have been called 'Overman,' 'Superman,' or 'Hyperman' — all