Middle French
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Middle French
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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“Surface” is a newer word, coming to us in about 1600, according to Webster’s, from the Middle French, which had by then changed the Latin “super” into “sur.”
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