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Where does “surrejoin” come from?

surrejoin (English) comes from English sur-, from Middle English sur-, from Old French sur-, from Latin super-, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér.

surrejoin (English): To reply with or in a surrejoinder

Definitions

  1. To reply with or in a surrejoinder

Ancestry of “surrejoin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsur-"surreach, surrebutter, surreine, surreined,...
2Middle Englishsur-—
3Old Frenchsur-over, on top of
4Latinsuper-super-; over, above
5Latinsuper"accusative" above, on the top of, upon;...
6Latineks-uper—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →