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- Old English · inherited fromūprīsan“to rise up”
- Middle English · inherited fromuprisen
- English todayuprise
From Middle English uprisen, from Old English ūprīsan (“to rise up”), equivalent to up- + rise. Cognate with Icelandic upprisa (“resurrection”), Middle Low German oprīsinge (“uprising”). Compare also Icelandic uppreisn (“an uprising, revolt”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.