Etymology

neosurrealist

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Today it means: An artist of the neosurrealism movement. Full definition →

English surrealist ← French surréalisme ← Middle French real
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*nu
  2. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*néwos
  4. Ancient Greekνέος (néos)
  5. Ancient Greekνεο- (neo-)
  6. Englishneo-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  8. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  9. Proto-Italic*super
  10. Latinsuper
  11. Latinsuper-
  12. Old Frenchsur-
  13. Frenchsur-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  16. Proto-Italic*reis
  17. Classical Latinrēs
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  20. Late Latinreālis
  21. Old Frenchreel
  22. Middle Frenchreal
  23. Frenchréel
  24. Frenchréalisme
  25. Frenchsurréalisme
  26. Englishsurrealismbf.
  27. Englishsurreal
  28. Englishsurrealist
  29. English todayneosurrealist

From neo- + surrealist.

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