myEtymology.com: English etymology of surpassed

Etymology of the English word surpassed

the English word surpassed

derived from the English word surpass

derived from the Old French word surpasser

derived from the Old French word sur-

using the Medieval Latin prefix super-

derived from the Classical Latin word super (above)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *uper

derived from the Old French word passer

derived from the Vulgar Latin word passare

derived from the Late Latin word passus (spread out; outstretched; dried; step, pace)

derived from the Latin word pati (suffer; allow; undergo)

derived from the Latin word pandere (spread out [passis manibus => with hands outstretched])

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *petə-