Where does “surpreendido” come from?
surpreendido (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese surpreender, from French surprendre, from Middle French surprendre, from Old French sorprendre, from Old French sur-, from Latin super-, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper.
surpreendido (Portuguese): surprised; astonished, amazed; startled,...
Definitions
- surprised; astonished, amazed; startled,...
Ancestry of “surpreendido”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | surpreender | to surprise; to astonish |
| 2 | French | surprendre | to surprise; to catch out |
| 3 | Middle French | surprendre | to surprise; to take over; to seize |
| 4 | Old French | sorprendre | to surprise; to seize; to take control of; to... |
| 5 | Old French | sur- | over, on top of |
| 6 | Latin | super- | super-; over, above |
| 7 | Latin | super | "accusative" above, on the top of, upon;... |
| 8 | Latin | eks-uper | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |