survive
/səˈvaɪv/sur-VYV
/sɚˈvaɪv/sur-VYV
Meaningto outlive
Common meaning: to stay alive through something
- surover, above
- vivto live, be aliveLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 2001 (approximate) · scan
‘over, above’ + ‘to live, be alive’ → survive
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin vīvō ‘to live, be alive’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vīvō, p. 2001 · dictionary scan
Roots
- vīvō, vīxī, vīctum Latin “to live, be alive”
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