Meaning

noun a state of surviving; remaining alive

noun a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

noun something that survives

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Italic *gʷīwō Latin vīvō Latin supervīvereder. English survive Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French…

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