English
supervene
Supervene comes from Latin supervenīre ‘come over or upon, overtake’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsupervenīre‘come over or upon, overtake’
- Englishearliest quotation 1833supervene
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsupervenīre‘come over or upon, overtake’
- Englishearliest quotation 1833supervene
Earliest quotation: 1833, R. J. Bertin, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart: “The disease was regarded as pneumonia so far advanced…”
A compound of super ‘above’ + veniō ‘come’
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over’
Proto-Italic *super ‘above’
Latin super ‘above’
Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come, to step’
Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti ‘to come’
Proto-Italic *gʷəniō ‘to come’
Latin veniō ‘come’
Every English word from Latin supervenīre
Today it means
verb To follow (something) closely, either as a consequence or in contrast.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin supervenīre / supervene