Where does “surmiser” come from?
surmiser (English) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European upéri.
surmiser (English): One who surmises
Definitions
- One who surmises
Ancestry of “surmiser”, step by step
surmiser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English surmise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | surmise | Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be... |
| 2 | Old French | surmis | — |
| 3 | Old French | surmetre | — |
| 4 | Old French | sur- | over, on top of |
| 5 | Latin | super- | super-; over, above |
| 6 | Latin | super | "accusative" above, on the top of, upon;... |
| 7 | Latin | eks-uper | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |