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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

  1. surprised; astonished, amazed; startled,...

Ancestry of “surpreendido”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesurpreenderto surprise; to astonish
2Frenchsurprendreto surprise; to catch out
3Middle Frenchsurprendreto surprise; to take over; to seize
4Old Frenchsorprendreto surprise; to seize; to take control of; to...
5Old Frenchsur-over, on top of
6Latinsuper-super-; over, above
7Latinsuper"accusative" above, on the top of, upon;...
8Latineks-uper—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
10Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
11Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →