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"survival" in seven languages

Meaningsurvival

Spanish

supervivencia

/supeɾbiˈbenθja/

fem.learned

Built with the Latin prefix super-; Latin America also says sobrevivencia.

French

survie

/syʁvi/

fem.inherited

From survivre, sur- + vivre.

Italian

sopravvivenza

/sopravviˈvɛntsa/

fem.inherited

From sopravvivere, sopra- + vivere.

Portuguese

sobrevivência

/sobɾeviˈvẽsjɐ/

fem.inherited

Built on sobreviver, with the vernacular sobre- where Spanish has learned super-.

Romanian

supraviețuire

/supravjetsuˈire/

fem.other source · supra- 'over' + viețui 'to live' (from viață 'life', Latin VĪTA), modelled on French survivre

Catalan

supervivència

/supəɾbiˈbɛnsiə/

fem.learned

English

survival

/sɚˈvaɪvəl/

from Latin/French · survive, from Anglo-French survivre

English → ItaliansurvivalsopravvivenzaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

SUPERVĪVERE‘to outlive’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

All four 'live over' (SUPER + VĪVERE): French wore the prefix down to sur-, Italian to sopra-, while Spanish supervivencia keeps the Latin super- in a learned build.

English relatives: survive, survivor, vivid

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In a sentence

  • esLa supervivencia de la especie depende del bosque.
  • frLa survie de l'espèce dépend de la forêt.
  • itLa sopravvivenza della specie dipende dalla foresta.
  • ptA sobrevivência da espécie depende da floresta.
  • roSupraviețuirea speciei depinde de pădure.
  • caLa supervivència de l'espècie depèn del bosc.
  • enThe survival of the species depends on the forest.

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