Etymology

surveyor

sur·vey·or
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Today it means: A person occupied with surveying: the process of determining positions on the earth's surface. Full definition →

Middle English surveyour ← Anglo-Norman surveour ← Old French sorveor
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  1. Old French · derived fromsorveor
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromsurveour
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsurveyour
  4. English todaysurveyor

From Middle English surveyour, from Anglo-Norman surveour, from Old French sorveor. By surface analysis, survey + -or.

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