Associations to the word «Superstratum»

Wiktionary

SUPERSTRATUM, noun. (geology) A stratum that is on top of another
SUPERSTRATUM, noun. (linguistics) A language imposed upon a population that previously spoke another language

Dictionary definition

SUPERSTRATUM, noun. Any stratum or layer superimposed on another.
SUPERSTRATUM, noun. The language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne