Where does “surmount” come from?
Surmount comes from Old French surmonter, formed from Old French sur- and Latin mons meaning "mountain," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European men-.
surmount (English): To get over; to overcome; To cap; to sit on top...
Definitions
- To get over; to overcome; To cap; to sit on top...
Ancestry of “surmount”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | surmounten | To be or go above; to be higher than |
| 2 | Old French | surmonter | to rise above, surmount |
| 3 | Old French | sur- | over, on top of |
| 4 | Latin | super- | super-; over, above |
| 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- | — |