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Where does “unsurvivable” come from?

unsurvivable (English) comes from English survivable, 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.

unsurvivable (English): From which survival is difficult or impossible

Definitions

  1. From which survival is difficult or impossible

Ancestry of “unsurvivable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsurvivableAble to be survived; Capable of surviving a...
2EnglishsurviveOf a person, to continue to live; to remain...
3Latinsupervīvō—
4Latinsuper-super-; over, above
5Latinsuper"accusative" above, on the top of, upon;...
6Latineks-uper—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →