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Where does “surmetre” come from?

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

Ancestry of “surmetre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsur-over, on top of
2Latinsuper-super-; over, above
3Latinsuper"accusative" above, on the top of, upon;...
4Latineks-uper—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “surmetre”

  • surmise
  • surmisable
  • surmiser
  • presurmise
  • unsurmisable
  • surmisably
  • surmis
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