Etymology

sensurround

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Today it means: An audio process for motion pictures using low-frequency sound to produce physical sensations in an audience. Full definition →

English surround ← Middle English sourrounden ← Middle French souronder
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sent-
  2. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  3. Latinsentiō
  4. Latinsēnsu
  5. Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
  6. Frankish*sinn
  7. Vulgar Latin*sennus
  8. Old Frenchsens
  9. Middle Englishsense
  10. Englishsense
  11. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  12. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  13. Proto-Italic*super
  14. Latinsuper
  15. Latinsuper-
  16. Latinunda
  17. Latinundō
  18. Late Latinsuperundō
  19. Middle Frenchsouronder
  20. Middle Englishsourrounden
  21. Englishsurround
  22. English todaySensurround

Blend of sense + surround, coined as a brand name.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.