'Survive' is Latin for 'live beyond' — from 'super-' + 'vivere' (to live). Kin to 'vivid' and 'vital.'
To continue to live or exist, especially in spite of danger or hardship; to remain alive after the death of another or after an event.
From Middle English 'surviven,' from Old French 'survivre,' from Latin 'supervīvere' (to live beyond, to outlive), from 'super-' (over, above, beyond) + 'vīvere' (to live). The PIE root is *gʷeyh₃- (to live), which is also the ancestor of 'vital,' 'vivid,' 'revive,' 'biology' (Greek 'bios,' life), 'quick' (originally meaning 'alive' in Old English), and 'zoo' (from Greek 'zōon,' living creature). 'Survive' literally means 'to live over/beyond' — to outlast a danger or a person