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Where does “surplomber” come from?

surplomber (French) comes from French sur-, from Old French sur-, 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.

surplomber (French): to overhang; to overlook; to hang over, to hang...

Definitions

  1. to overhang; to overlook; to hang over, to hang...

Ancestry of “surplomber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsur-over, on top of; over-
2Old Frenchsur-over, on top of
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-—
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