Etymology of the English word surrender
the English word
surrenderderived from the Old French word
surrendrederived 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
*uperderived from the Old French word
rendrederived from the Vulgar Latin root
*renderederived from the Classical Latin word
reddere (return; restore; deliver)
derived from the Latin word
dare (give; dedicate; sell; surrender, give over; send to die)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dō-using the Latin prefix
re-Date
The earliest known usage of surrender in English dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in English
surrendered,
surrenderingUsage
Word found in Modern English
