English word surrogate comes from Latin rogo (I ask, enquire. I request.), Latin sub
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| rogo | Latin (lat) | I ask, enquire. I request. |
| sub | Latin (lat) | (with ablative) about, around (time). (with ablative) at the feet of. (with ablative) behind. (with ablative) under, beneath. (with ablative) within, during. (with accusative) under, up to, up under, close to (of a motion). (with accusative) until, before, up to, about. |
| surrogo | Latin (lat) | |
| surrogare | Latin (lat) | |
| surrogatus | Latin (lat) | |
| surrogate | English (eng) | (transitive) To replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor. (US, _, legal) : A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and interstate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.. (chiefly, British) A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.. (computing) Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs [...] |