sur-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sur"

English

Etymology

From Middle English sur-, from Old French sur-, sour-, sor-, soure-, a syncopic form of the Latin super. Doublet of super-, over-, and hyper-.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sŭr, IPA^(key): /sɚ/, /sʌ˞/

Prefix

sur-

1. (not currently productive) A syncopic variant of super-.

   surreach, surrebutter, surreine, surreined, surrejoinder, surreply, surreverently, surroyal

Synonyms

• (above): on-, en-, epi-, super-, supra-, hyper-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with sur-

References

• “sur-, prefix” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Anagrams

• R Us, RUS, Rus, Rus', Rus., SRU, URs, urs, usr

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French sur-, sour-, from syncopation of Latin super-. Doublet of super-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syʁ/

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• Rhymes: -yʁ

Prefix

sur-

1. over, on top of
2. over- (excessive; excessively; too much)

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with sur-

Related terms

• sur
• super-

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ser-, sewr-, sor-, sour-, sure-, syr-

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sur-, from Latin super-. Compare over-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sur-/

Prefix

sur-

1. sur- (over, on top of, beyond)
2. over- (greatly, excessively)

Derived terms

Middle English terms prefixed with sur-

Descendants

• English: sur-

References

• “sur-, pref.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Alternative forms

• sor-
• sour-

Etymology

From syncopation of Latin super-.

Prefix

sur-

1. over, on top of

Derived terms

Old French terms prefixed with sur-

Related terms

• sur

Descendants

• French: sur-
• → Middle English: sur-, ser-, sewr-, sor-, sour-, sure-, syr-
  • English: sur-
• → Italian: sor-