surveillance etymology

French word surveillance comes from French surveiller (To monitor, to survey, to watch.), French -ance (-ance (suffix used to form nouns).)

Detailed word origin of surveillance

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
surveiller French (fra) To monitor, to survey, to watch.
-ance French (fra) -ance (suffix used to form nouns).
surveillance French (fra) Supervision. Surveillance.

Words with the same origin as surveillance

Descendants of -ance
alliance ambiance ambulance assurance attirance bienveillance convenance délivrance désobéissance endurance espérance financer indépendance insistance maintenance nuance reconnaissance renaissance ressemblance souffrance séance vengeance vigilance échéance