Etymology

surmit

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Today it means: to surmise. Full definition →

French surmetre ← Latin supermitto
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  1. Latin · derived fromsupermitto
  2. French · borrowed fromsurmetre
  3. English todaysurmit

Borrowed from French surmetre, ultimately from Latin supermitto.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.