"to survive" in seven languages
Meaningto survive
Spanish
sobrevivir
/sobɾebiˈbiɾ/
learned
French
survivre
/syʁvivʁ/
inherited
Italian
sopravvivere
/sopravˈvivere/
learned
Portuguese
sobreviver
/sobɾeviˈveh/
learned
Romanian
supraviețui
/supravjetsuˈi/
other source · Romanian supra- + viețui 'to live', modelled on French survivre
Catalan
sobreviure
/subɾəˈbiwɾə/
learned
English
survive
/sɚˈvaɪv/
from Latin/French · Anglo-French survivre
English → Italianto survivesopravvivereCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SUPERVĪVERE (Late Latin)‘to outlive’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
SUPER 'over' + VĪVERE 'to live'. Spanish and Italian refitted the Latin verb with their own words for 'over', sobre and sopra.
English relatives: survival, vivid, revive
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In a sentence
- esSolo sobrevivieron dos pasajeros.
- frSeuls deux passagers ont survécu.
- itSono sopravvissuti solo due passeggeri.
- ptSó dois passageiros sobreviveram.
- roDoar doi pasageri au supraviețuit.
- caNomés dos passatgers van sobreviure.
- enOnly two passengers survived.
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