sur-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sur"
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French sur-, sour-, sor-, soure-, a syncopic form of the Latin super.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sŭr, IPA(key): /sɚ/, /sʌ˞/
Prefix
sur-
- (not currently productive) A syncopic variant of super-.
- surreach, surrebutter, surreine, surreined, surrejoinder, surreply, surreverently, surroyal
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_prefixed_with_sur-'>English words prefixed with sur-</a>
References
- “sur-, prefix” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French sur-, sour-, from syncopation of Latin super-. Doublet of super-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syʁ/
Prefix
sur-
- over, on top of
- over- (excessive; excessively; too much)
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:French_words_prefixed_with_sur-'>French words prefixed with sur-</a>
Related terms
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Prefix
sur-
- over, on top of
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_French_words_prefixed_with_sur-'>Old French words prefixed with sur-</a>
Related terms
Descendants
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