surprendre
Middle French
verb
Definitions
- to surprise
- to take take (something) over; to seize
Etymology
Inherited from Old French sorprendre (overtake).
Origin
Old French
sorprendre
Gloss
overtake
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- super- Latin
- sorprendere Italian
- prendre French
- surprendre French
- sorprender Spanish, Castilian
- surpreender Portuguese
- prendre Old French
- sorprendre Old French
- surprinde Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- surprise Middle French
- sorprender Asturian
- surprende Louisiana Creole French
- sobreprendre Old Catalan