Where does “summarise” come from?
Summarise derives from English summary, from Latin summarius (of the sum or total), from Latin summa (the highest amount or total), from Latin summus (highest), ultimately from Latin super (above).
summarise (English): Alternative form of summarize
Definitions
- Alternative form of summarize
Ancestry of “summarise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | summary | Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form;... |
| 2 | Latin | summarius | — |
| 3 | Latin | summa | top, summit, highest point or place; the... |
| 4 | Latin | summus | highest, greatest, the most high; top, on top |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | supemos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)úp-m̥mo-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |