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sur-

/sɚ/ UK
/sʌ˞/ UK

Where it comes from

From Middle English sur-, from Old French sur-, sour-, sor-, soure-, a syncopic form of the Latin super. Doublet of super-, over-, and hyper-.

prefix

morpheme, not currently productive A syncopic variant of super-. surname, surreach, surrebutter, surreine, surreined, surrejoinder, surreply, surreverently, surroyal
Similar: on-, en-, epi-, super-, supra-, hyper-

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"sur-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sur-. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

sur-. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sur-

Chicago

"sur-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sur-.

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@misc{sur_2026,
  title = {sur-},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sur-},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}