surnoun

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === sornoun, sournoun, sewrnown, surnon, surnonn, surnome, surenome, sirnome === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French surnoun, from Late Latin supernōmen, suprānōmen; equivalent to sur- +‎ noun. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /surˈnuːn/, /ˈsurnun/ === Noun === surnoun epithet, nickname surname, family name alias, appellation ==== References ==== “surnǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Alternative forms === sornon, sournon, surnom sournoun, surnum, surnun (Anglo-Norman) === 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 === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “sournon”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. surnun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub