Monday, November 26, 2012
U Survived ! .... surviver (n.) c.1600, rare nativized agent noun from survive. survive (v.) early 15c., "act or condition of one person outliving another," originally in the legal (inheritance) sense, from Anglo-Fr. survivre, O.Fr. souvivre, from L. supervivere "live beyond, live longer than," from super "over, beyond" (see super-) + vivere "to live" (see vivid). Related: Survived; surviving. survivor (n.) c.1500, in the legal sense of "one who outlives another," agent noun from survive. Meaning "one who has a knack for pulling through adversity" is attested from 1971. Survivor syndrome is first recorded 1968. survivable (adj.) "capable of being survived," 1961, from survive + -able. livable (adj.) also liveable, 1610s, "likely to survive," from live (v.) + -able. Meaning "conducive to living" is from 1660s; sense of "suitable for living in" is from 1814 ("Mansfield Park"). Meaning "endurable" is from 1841. asquint (adv.) early 13c., "obliquely, with a sidelong glance," of uncertain etymology; from a- (1) + "a word corresponding to Du. schuinte 'slope, slant' of the independent use of which no instances survive ..." [OED]. "Middle English Dictionary" compares Fr. équinter "cut to a point;" Fr. dialectal (e)squintar "cast a glance, look furtively." paradoxical (adj.) 1580s, from paradox + -ical. Competing forms were paradoxal (1560s), paradoxial (1620s), but they survive in niches, if at all. Related: Paradoxically. survival (n.) 1590s, from survive + -al (2). Phrase survival of the fittest was used by Spencer in place of Darwin's natural selection. @ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=survive&searchmode=none
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