Jenny asks…What is the origin of the word upheavals?i cant find the origin for it T____T
plz help me~
i also need the prefix and suffix if it even has any.
i know the suffix is -al
thanks.Nancy answers:Upheave -
raise up
1250–1300; ME upheven. See up-, heave
heave -
raise, lift
Origin:
bef. 900; ME heven, var. (with -v- from pt. And ptp.) of hebben, OE hebban; c. G heben, ON hefja, Goth hafjan; akin to L capere to take
up-
in/to a higher position
prefix with various senses, from
