survival

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Rhymes with -aɪvəl

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Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Italic *super

Latin super

Latin super-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti

Proto-Italic *gʷīwō

Latin vīvō

Latin supervīvereder.

English survive

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English survival

From survive + -al.

countable, uncountable The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life. His survival in the open ocean was a miracle; he had fully expected to die.
countable, uncountable Of, relating to or aiding survival. persecution survival plan
countable, uncountable The avoidance of relegation or demotion to a lower league or division. […] a team that have turned snatching relegation from the jaws of top-flight survival into an art form […]
countable, uncountable A custom or belief that persists in folklore from earlier times, when the rationale behind it is forgotten. Thus, if some old rhyme or saying has in one place a solemn import in philosophy or religion, while elsewhere it lies at the level of the nursery, there is some ground for treating the serious version as the more original, and the playful one as its mere lingering survival.