surnoun
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French surnoun, from Late Latin supernōmen, suprānōmen; equivalent to sur- + noun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /surˈnuːn/, /ˈsurnun/
Noun
surnoun
References
- “surnǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
Alternative forms
Noun
surnoun oblique singular, m (oblique plural surnouns, nominative singular surnouns, nominative plural surnoun)
- (Anglo-Norman) additional name
- (Anglo-Norman) nickname
Descendants
- French: surnom
- → Middle English: surnoun
- → Middle English: surname (partial calque)
- English: surname
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (sournon, supplement)
- surnun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub