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surpass (v.)
[surpass 词源字典]
1550s, from Middle French
surpasser
"go beyond, exceed, excel" (16c.), from
sur-
"beyond" (see
sur-
(1)) +
passer
"to go by" (see
pass
(v.)). Related:
Surpassed
;
surpassing
.
[surpass etymology, surpass origin, 英语词源]