Where does “survivance” come from?
survivance (English) comes from French survivance, from French survivre, from Old French survivre, from Latin supervīvō, from Latin super-, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri.
survivance (English): Survival; Succession to an estate, office etc. of...
Definitions
- Survival; Succession to an estate, office etc. of...
Ancestry of “survivance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | survivance | relic |
| 2 | French | survivre | to survive; to outlive |
| 3 | Old French | survivre | to survive |
| 4 | Latin | supervīvō | — |
| 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- | — |