surname

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From Middle English, from Old French sour-, sur-, from Latin super (over, above, beyond), from base Proto-Indo-European *uper (over), the comparative of the base Proto-Indo-European *upo (under); sur- +‎ name.

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surname (plural surnames)

  1. A name that indicates to which family a person belongs, normally following that person’s given name(s) in Western culture, and preceding it in Eastern.

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surname (third-person singular simple present surnames, present participle surnaming, simple past and past participle surnamed)

  1. To give a surname.
  2. To call by a surname.

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