'Superlative' is Latin for 'carried beyond' — from 'super-' (above) + 'ferre' (to carry). The utmost.
Of the highest quality or degree; in grammar, the form of an adjective or adverb expressing the highest degree of comparison (e.g., 'best,' 'most beautiful').
From Late Latin superlativus (relating to the highest degree), from superlatus, the past participle of superferre (to carry above, to exaggerate), a compound of super- (above, over) + latus (carried), the suppletive past participle of ferre (to carry, to bear). The verb ferre derives from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (to carry, to bear), a foundational root that generated Latin ferre, Greek phérein (φέρειν), Sanskrit bharati, Old English beran, and German gebären. The grammatical term superlativus was coined by Roman grammarians to