English
surview
Surview comes from Middle English survewe ‘a survey, checkup, or examination’, from Old French sourveoir ‘to oversee’, and ultimately from Latin supervideō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsupervideō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400sourveoiras surveoir‘to oversee’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500survewe‘a survey, checkup, or examination’
- Englishearliest quotation 1579surview
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsupervideō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400sourveoiras surveoir‘to oversee’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500survewe‘a survey, checkup, or examination’
- Englishearliest quotation 1579surview
Earliest quotation: 1579, Immeritô pseudonym; Edmund Spenser, Februarie. Aegloga Se[c]unda.: “to surview his ground”.
Linked words
through Old French sourveoir ‘to oversee’
Today it means
verb To survey; to make a survey of.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin supervideō / surview