sur-

prefix

sur-

prefix

UK /sɚ/

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-.

Morpheme, Not currently productive A syncopic variant of super-.

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

Synonyms: on-, en-, epi-, super-, supra-, hyper-

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