survive

The story

1. Latin · derived fromsuper“over”
2. Late Latin · derived fromsupervīvere“to outlive”
3. Old French · derived fromsurvivre
4. Anglo-Norman · derived fromsurvivre
5. English todaysurvive

From Anglo-Norman survivre, Old French survivre, from Late Latin supervīvere (“to outlive”), from Latin super (“over”) + vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”). See vivid. Compare devive, revive.

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