Where does “surmounter” come from?
surmounter (English) comes from English surmount, from Middle English surmounten, from Old French surmonter, from Old French sur-, from Latin super-, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri.
surmounter (English): One who, or that which, surmounts
Definitions
- One who, or that which, surmounts
Ancestry of “surmounter”, step by step
surmounter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English surmount
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | surmount | To get over; to overcome; To cap; to sit on top... |
| 2 | Middle English | surmounten | To be or go above; to be higher than |
| 3 | Old French | surmonter | to rise above, surmount |
| 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 |