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superstrata

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su⋅per⋅stra⋅tum

  [soo-per-strey-tuhm, -strat-uhm]
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–noun, plural -stra⋅ta  [-strey-tuh, -strat-uh] , -stra⋅tums.
1. an overlying stratum or layer.
2. Historical Linguistics. a set of features of a language traceable to the influence of a language formerly spoken within the same society by a dominant group: English has a Norman-French superstratum.
Compare substratum.

Origin:
1800–10; super- + stratum; cf. substratum
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su·per·stra·tum   (sōō'pər-strā'təm, -strāt'əm)   
n.   pl. su·per·stra·ta (-strā'tə, -strāt'ə)

  1. One layer or stratum superimposed on another.

  2. Linguistics The language of a later, invading people imposed on and leaving features in an indigenous language.

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