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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

  1. Survival; Succession to an estate, office etc. of...

Ancestry of “survivance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsurvivancerelic
2Frenchsurvivreto survive; to outlive
3Old Frenchsurvivreto survive
4Latinsupervīvō—
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- →