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sur prendre
Old French · medieval
"to overtake, to catch unexpectedly"
literally to overtake, from sur- (over) and prendre (to take)
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surprise
English · 1300s
"an unexpected event, or the feeling it causes"
settled as the English word for an unexpected event or feeling
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