Where does “surnamey” come from?
surnamey (English) comes from English surname, from Middle English surname, from Old French surnoun, from Late Latin supernomen, from Latin super-, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri.
surnamey (English): Resembling or characteristic of a surname
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a surname
Ancestry of “surnamey”, step by step
surnamey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English surname
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | surname | An additional name, particularly those derived... |
| 2 | Middle English | surname | epithet, nickname; surname, family name; alias,... |
| 3 | Old French | surnoun | additional name; nickname |
| 4 | Late Latin | supernomen | surname |
| 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 Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |