Where does “surmisably” come from?
surmisably (English) comes from English surmisable, from English surmise, from Old French surmis, from Old French surmetre, from Old French sur-, from Latin super-, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper.
surmisably (English): Such that it can be surmised
Definitions
- Such that it can be surmised
Ancestry of “surmisably”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | surmisable | Capable of being surmised |
| 2 | English | surmise | Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be... |
| 3 | Old French | surmis | — |
| 4 | Old French | surmetre | — |
| 5 | Old French | sur- | over, on top of |
| 6 | Latin | super- | super-; over, above |
| 7 | Latin | super | "accusative" above, on the top of, upon;... |
| 8 | Latin | eks-uper | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |