English
surprisation
From surprise + -ation.
Formed from surprise + -ation
Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- ‘to find; to hold’
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Old French prendre ‘to take’
Old French sorprendre ‘to seize; to overtake’
Middle French surprise ‘an overtaking’
Middle English surprise
English surprise
Today it means
noun The act of being surprised.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “surprisation”. 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 / surprisation