Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surrounder

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sur-rounder
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who, or that which, surrounds.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Latin unda Latin undō Late Latin superundōder. Middle French souronderbor. Middle English sourrounden English surround Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English surrounder From surround + -er.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does surrounder mean?
One who, or that which, surrounds.
Where does surrounder come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Latin unda Latin undō Late Latin superundōder. Middle French souronderbor. Middle English sourrounden English surround Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English surrounder From surround + -er.

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