surprise

Senso (Inglese)

Frequenza

A2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/səˈpɹaɪz/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Middle English surprise, borrowed from Middle French surprise (“an overtake”), nominal use of the past participle of Old French sorprendre (“to overtake”), from sor- (“over”) + prendre (“to take”), from Latin super- + Latin prendere, contracted from prehendere (“to grasp, seize”). Doublet of suppli.

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