superfluous

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

In excess of what is required or sufficient.

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Phát âm là (IPA)
/suːˈpɜːflu.əs/
Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

In summary

From Middle English superfluous, from Latin superfluus (“superfluous”), from superfluō (“overflow”), from super (“above, more than, over”) + fluō (“flow”). Compare mellifluous and fluid, also from Latin. Literally corresponds to overflow, which is from Germanic, rather than Latin.

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