Etymology of the English word surviving
the English word
survivingderived from the English word
survivederived from the Old French word
sourvivrederived from the Latin word
supervivere (survive, outlive)
derived from the Latin word
vivere (be alive, live; survive)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷei- (to live)
using the Medieval Latin prefix
super-derived from the Classical Latin word
super (above)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*uperUsage
Word found in Modern English