Word Origin Summary

Sorprendre is attested in French. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• sorprendere

  Italian · borrowed from

• sorprendre

  Catalan · derived from

• surprendre

  French · inherited from

• surprendre

  Middle French · inherited from

• syrpréis

  Welsh · borrowed from

• surprise

  English · derived from

• sorprender

  Asturian · borrowed from

• surprende

  Louisiana Creole French · inherited from

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