Where does “surnoun” come from?

surnoun (Old French) comes from Late Latin supernomen, 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-.

surnoun (Old French): additional name; nickname

Definitions

  1. additional name; nickname

Ancestry of “surnoun”, step by step

surnoun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Late Latin supernomen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinsupernomensurname
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-—

via Latin supernōmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsupernōmen—

Words derived from “surnoun”

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