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Where does “survivable” come from?

survivable (English) comes from English survive, from Latin supervīvō, from Latin super-, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó.

survivable (English): Able to be survived; Capable of surviving a...

Definitions

  1. Able to be survived; Capable of surviving a...

Ancestry of “survivable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsurviveOf a person, to continue to live; to remain...
2Latinsupervīvō—
3Latinsuper-super-; over, above
4Latinsuper"accusative" above, on the top of, upon;...
5Latineks-uper—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “survivable”

  • unsurvivable
  • nonsurvivable
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