Etymology

surplus

sur·plus
S1U1R1P3L1U1S1

Today it means: That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus; overage. Full definition →

Middle English surplus ← Middle French surplus
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Middle French · derived fromsurplus
  2. Middle English · inherited fromsurplus
  3. English todaysurplus

From Middle English surplus, from Middle French surplus. Compare French surplus.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.