Where does “surcease” come from?
Surcease comes from Old French surseser, from Old French surseoir, from Latin supersedere, meaning to sit above or refrain from, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root sed- meaning to sit.
surcease (English): Cessation; stop; end; To come to an end; to...
Definitions
- Cessation; stop; end; To come to an end; to...
Ancestry of “surcease”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | surseser | Alternative form of surseoir |
| 2 | Old French | sursis | — |
| 3 | Old French | surseoir | to abstain; to delay; to miss a deadline; to fail... |
| 4 | Latin | supersedēre | — |
| 5 | Latin | super | "accusative" above, on the top of, upon;... |
| 6 | Latin | eks-uper | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |