Etymograph

English

surpay

From sur- + pay.

Formed from sur- + pay

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over’

Proto-Italic *super ‘above’

Latin super ‘[of place] above’

English sur-

Medieval Latin pācāre ‘to settle’

Old French paiier

Middle English payen ‘to pay’

English pay

Today it means

verb To more than compensate for; to outweigh.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “surpay”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / surpay