Etymology

supervise

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Today it means: To oversee or direct (a task or organization). Full definition →

Medieval Latin supervisus ← Latin super
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  1. Latin · derived fromsuper
  2. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromsupervisus
  3. English todaysupervise

Borrowed from Medieval Latin supervisus, from supervidere, from Latin super + videre. Doublet of survey.

Words from the same roots

Latinsuper all →

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