supervise
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To oversee or direct a task or organization.
- (transitive) To look over so as to read; to peruse.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin supervisus, super (above, over, on, on top of).
Origin
Latin
super
Gloss
above, over, on, on top of
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cosupervise English
- super English
- supervisable English
- supervisal English
- supervisee English
- supervisive English
- unsupervisable English
- *superanus Latin
- *superānus Latin
- desuper Latin
- super Latin
- superextendo Latin
- superfundo Latin
- superoccupo Latin
- superpelliceum Latin
- supervisus Latin
- supervivere Latin
- supervīvō Latin
- Surselva Italian
- soverchio Italian
- super Italian
- sur Italian
- super French
- soberano Spanish, Castilian
- sobrellevar Spanish, Castilian
- super Spanish, Castilian
- *eḱs Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Indo-European
- sobejo Portuguese
- soberano Portuguese
- super Portuguese
- super- Czech
- seur Old French
- soverain Old French
- sur Old French
- sur- Old French
- surveillier Old French
- sobre Catalan, Valencian
- sobre- Catalan, Valencian
- super- Catalan, Valencian
- súper Catalan, Valencian
- soberano Galician
- sobre- Galician
- spre Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sobejo Old Portuguese
- sobre Old Portuguese
- subre Occitan
- sobre Old Spanish