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surplus

/ˈsɜːpləs/SUR-pluhs
/ˈsɝpləs/SUR-pluhs

Meaningan over-plus

Common meaning: an amount left over

‘over, above’ + ‘more’ → surplus

Journey through time

  1. Latinplūs, plūris‘more’
  2. Frenchsurplus
  3. Middle Englishsurplussource
  4. Englishsurplus‘an amount left over’ · today

sur- also in: surfacesurvivesurprise

plus also in: plusplural

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin plūs ‘more’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry plūs, p. 1389 · dictionary scan

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Related words

pluralplus

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