Etymology

surrounder

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Today it means: One who, or that which, surrounds. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Latinunda
  7. Latinundō
  8. Late Latinsuperundō
  9. Middle Frenchsouronder
  10. Middle Englishsourrounden
  11. Englishsurround
  12. English todaysurrounder

From surround + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.