Where does “surfeiter” come from?

surfeiter (English) comes from English surfeit, from Middle English surfeite, from Anglo-Norman surfet, from Old French surfaire, from Old French sur-, from Latin super-, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper.

surfeiter (English): A person who surfeits or overeats

Definitions

  1. A person who surfeits or overeats

Ancestry of “surfeiter”, step by step

surfeiter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English surfeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsurfeitAn excessive amount of something; Overindulgence...
2Middle Englishsurfeite
3Anglo-Normansurfet
4Old Frenchsurfaireto augment, exaggerate, exceed
5Old Frenchsur-over, on top of
6Latinsuper-super-; over, above
7Latinsuper"accusative" above, on the top of, upon;...
8Latineks-uper
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
10Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
11Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European upóEvery word from Proto-Indo-European upér