sur-

Morpheme

sur-

Type

prefix

Denotation

under, beneath, below, behind, resulting from further division, at the foot of, close to, up to, towards, within, during, subject to, in the power of, a little, somewhat

Etymology

assimilated form of Latin sub before <r>

Evidence

surreptitious, surrogate

See Also

sub-

Homographs

sur-