eli5-if extraordinary is the opposite of ordinary, why is it spelled “extra-ordinary”? same goes for supernatural
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It’s not the “opposite”, it is exactly what the prefix denotes – extra ordinary. It is beyond the ordinary. Super means “over” – so supernatural is not the opposite of natural, it is that which is “over” or “above” the natural. A better opposite for natural would be synthetic.
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