Sur-, on, over, -viv, life, 語源的にはvivid, vivacityと同じ。
英語の語源
survive
survive: see vivid
survive (v.)
mid-15c. (implied in surviving), "to outlive, continue in existence after the death of another," originally in the legal (inheritance) sense, from Anglo-French survivre, Old French souvivre (12c., Modern French survivre), from Latin supervivere "live beyond, live longer than," from super "over, beyond" (see super-) + vivere "to live" (see vivid). Intransitive sense "to live on" is from late 15c. Related: Survived; surviving.
例文
1. Curiously,the struggle to survive has greatly improved her health.
奇妙なことに、彼女の必死の抗争は彼女の健康状態を大いに好転させた。
2.Outside the protected environment of institutional care he could not survive .
福祉機関の配慮を離れ、このような保護された環境から離れると、彼は生きていくことができない。/
3.The corporation is fighting to survive its second brush with bankruptcy.
会社は、自身が遭遇した2度目の倒産危機から抜け出すために努力している。
4.The first thing parents want to know is:will the baby survive ?
親が最も知りたいのは、子供は生きられるのか。
5.It 's important that these upland farms continue to survive .