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Sur Shortening Latin Prefix Super Meaning Surface Face

word SUR
meaning SUR is actually a shortening of the Latin prefix super-, meaning “over, above” (see SUPER), and has the same meaning. A surface is the face above or on the outside of something. A surplus is something above and beyond what is needed. And to survey a landscape is to look out over it.

Tags: mwvb::root, mwvb::unit:29, mwvb::unit:29:root, obsidian_to_anki

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