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Where does “surveyest” come from?

surveyest (English) comes from English survey, from Middle English surveyen, from Old French sourveoir, from Old French sur-, from Latin super-, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri.

surveyest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular simple present form of...

Ancestry of “surveyest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsurveyThe act of surveying; a general view; A...
2Middle Englishsurveyento oversee; to survey
3Old Frenchsourveoirto oversee; to survey
4Old Frenchsur-over, on top of
5Latinsuper-super-; over, above
6Latinsuper"accusative" above, on the top of, upon;...
7Latineks-uper—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
10Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →