sur- en · X
Pronunciation
- /sʌ˞/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- sŭr (Received-Pronunciation)
- /sɚ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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-.
Meanings
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(morpheme, not currently productive) A syncopic variant of super-.
surname, surreach, surrebutter, surreine, surreined, surrejoinder, surreply, surreverently, surroyal
Synonyms
epi- (above) · on- (above) · super- (above) · en- (above) · hyper- (above) · supra- (above)