## Etymology
A formation from the prefix supra- ('above, beyond', from Latin supra) and natural, from Latin naturalis ('of nature'), from natura ('nature'), from nasci ('to be born').

## AI Etymology
Supranatural is a formation from the prefix supra- ('above, beyond', from Latin supra) and natural, from Latin naturalis ('of nature'), from natura ('nature'), from nasci ('to be born'). The historical chain includes Latin supra and Latin natura. The quoted older senses, "above, beyond", "of nature", "nature", and "to be born", supply the semantic anchors for supranatural. The formation is best read as prefixal and borrowed: the word supranatural carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "transcending or lying beyond the natural order; supernatural". Related English forms include natural, supernatural, and nature. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

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