英文词源
- survive
- survive: see vivid
- survive (v.)
- mid-15c. (implied in surviving), "to outlive, continue in existence after the death of another," originally in the legal (inheritance) sense, from Anglo-French survivre, Old French souvivre (12c., Modern French survivre), from Latin supervivere "live beyond, live longer than," from super "over, beyond" (see super-) + vivere "to live" (see vivid). Intransitive sense "to live on" is from late 15c. Related: Survived; surviving.
中文词源
词根词缀: sur-超过 + -viv-活 + -e
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:survive 词源,survive 含义。
sur-,在上,超过,-viv,生命,词源同 vivid,vivacity.引申词义生存,存活。