Etymology of the English word soubrette
the English word
soubrettederived from the French word
soubrettederived from the Provençal word
soubretoderived from the Provençal word
soubretderived from the Provençal word
soubraderived from the Old Provençal word
sobrarderived from the Latin word
superare (overcome, conquer; survive)
derived from the Classical Latin word
super (above)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*uperDate
The earliest known usage of soubrette in English dates from the 18th century.
Cognates
Dutch
soubrette, German
Soubrette, Norwegian
subrette, Swedish
subrettUsage
Word found in Modern English
