Where does “surveying” come from?
Surveying comes from Middle English surveien, from Old English supervisere, from Latin supervīdēre meaning "to oversee," from vidēre meaning "to see," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weyd- meaning "to see."
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Ancestry of “surveying”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | survey | The act of surveying; a general view; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | surveyen | to oversee; to survey |
| 3 | Old French | sourveoir | to oversee; to survey |
| 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- | — |
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