surprendre.
to surprise
Meaning & usage
to surprise
Plus rien ne me surprend.
to catch out
to overhear, to discover, to spot (an action or secret someone is trying to hide)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Old French sor- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *gʰnédti Proto-Italic *hendō Proto-Italic *praiɣendō Latin prehendō Latin prēndō Old French prendre Old French sorprendre Old French sousprendre Middle French surprendre French surprendre Inherited from Middle French surprendre, from Old French sorprendre. By surface analysis, sur- + prendre. In Old French sorprendre (“to overtake”, formed from sor- (“over”)); cf. modern French sur-) was distinguished from sousprendre (“to surprise, catch unaware (from beneath)”, formed from sous- (“under”)); the two verbs later became one over time.
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