superviviente

/supeɾbiˈbjente/ · B2 · adj

surviving

🧗 super + vivient(e) = super-living: one who keeps living past the danger

Comes from Latin supervivere: super (over, beyond) + vivere (to live). A superviviente is someone who lives on beyond an event that could have ended them. Compare English survive and vivid, from the same vivere root.

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