Etymology

soubresaut

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Today it means: A sudden jump from both feet, travelling forward in first, third, or fifth position and landing on both feet in the same position as they started. Full definition →

French soubresaut
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  1. French · borrowed fromsoubresaut
  2. English todaysoubresaut

Borrowed from French soubresaut, itself an obsolete form of sursaut. Doublet of somersault.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.