Where does “sur-” come from?

sur- (Old French) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

sur- (Old French): over, on top of

Definitions

  1. over, on top of

Ancestry of “sur-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsuper-super-; over, above
2Latinsuper"accusative" above, on the top of, upon;...
3Latineks-uper—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “sur-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upér →
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