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

1. epithet, nickname
2. surname, family name
3. 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)

1. (Anglo-Norman) additional name
2. (Anglo-Norman) nickname

Descendants

• French: surnom
• → Middle English: surnoun
• → Middle English: surname (partial calque)
  • English: surname

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (sournon, supplement)
• surnun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub