sur-

See also Appendix:Variations of "sur"

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: sŭr, IPA: /sɚ/, /sʌ˞/, X-SAMPA: /sV`/

Etymology

From the Old French sur-, sour-, sor-, soure-, a syncopic form of the Latin super.

Prefix

sur-

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

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

References

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

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French

Etymology

Since Old French, syncopic from of Latin super.

Prefix

sur-

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

Derived terms

[+] French words prefixed with sur-

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Old French

Etymology

Syncopic form of Latin super.

Prefix

sur-

1. over, on top of