Etymology of the English word survivor
the English word
survivorderived 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
*uperusing the English suffix
-orDerivations in English
survivorshipUsage
Word found in Modern English
