Survive
late Middle English: from Old French sourvivre, from Latin supervivere, from super- ‘in addition’ + vivere ‘live’.
wiktionary
From Anglo-Norman survivre, Old French survivre, from Late Latin supervivere(“to outlive”), from Latin super(“over”) + vivere(“to live”), akin to vita(“life”). See vivid. Compare devive, revive.
etymonline
survive (v.)
mid-15c. (implied in surviving), "to outlive, continue in existence after the death of another," originally in the legal (inheritance) sense, from Anglo-French survivre, Old French souvivre (12c., Modern French survivre), from Latin supervivere "live beyond, live longer than," from super "over, beyond" (see super-) + vivere "to live" (from PIE root *gwei- "to live"). Intransitive sense "to live on" is from late 15c. Related: Survived; surviving.
