Where does the word "summersalt" originate.?

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Where does the word "summersalt" originate.?

2006-09-25 07:19:31 · 2 answers · asked by birdman77_2000 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages

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Somersault is probably the correct spelling for summersalt.

The word originates from the obsolete French word sombresault.

2006-09-25 07:31:48 · answer #1 · answered by Theodore G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Obsolete French sombresault, variant of sobresault, from Old ProvenÃ§al sobresaut : sobre-, above (from Latin suprÄ) + saut, leap (from Latin saltus, from past participle of salÄ«re, to leap).]

Above...leap....

2006-09-25 07:21:50 · answer #2 · answered by god knows and sees else Yahoo 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋