Other forms: supermodels
A supermodel is a fashion model who has become a celebrity. The supermodel era.
The name matters more than the clothes, which is the whole difference from an ordinary model. The word existed from the 1940s and only became common in the late 1980s.
1nounsupermodelA fashion model who has become a celebrity.
“By then a supermodel could sell a magazine on the cover alone.”
supermodel is a person.
Super plus model; the word is recorded from 1942 and came into general use in the late 1980s.
Latin
super-
Middle English
super-
English
super
English, today
supermodel
Built from
From super + model. First written example dates from 1942 in the English language, in common use since the late 1980s. Sometimes incorrectly attributed to supermodel Janice Dickinson. super comes from super-, from Middle English super-, from Latin super-, from super (“above”). a doublet of over and hyper.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA