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Where does “surrendre” come from?

surrendre (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-.

surrendre (Old French): to give up; to hand over

Definitions

  1. to give up; to hand over

Ancestry of “surrendre”, 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 “surrendre”

  • surrender
  • surrendering
  • surrenderee
  • unsurrendering
  • surrenderor
  • surrenderer
  • surrenderest
  • surrendereth
  • unsurrenderable
  • surrenderist
  • surrenderingly
  • surrenderable
  • surrenderism
  • surrendre
  • surender
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