Where does “risorpassare” come from?

risorpassare (Italian) comes from Italian sorpassare, from French surpasser, from French sur-, from Old French sur-, from Latin super-, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri.

risorpassare (Italian): to overtake again, to pass again

Definitions

  1. to overtake again, to pass again

Ancestry of “risorpassare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansorpassareto overtake; to surpass, outdo
2Frenchsurpasserto surpass, outdo
3Frenchsur-over, on top of; over-
4Old Frenchsur-over, on top of
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-Every word from Proto-Indo-European upóEvery word from Proto-Indo-European upér