This is from French and before that, of course, Latin. The "sur" means over and "faire" means do. But kids there is more, as the root is from Latin "facere" meaning to make, which is responsible for a whole host of progeny, still alive and kicking today. But even before Latin there was PIE "dhe" so every language from Sanskrit, Old Persian, Hittite, Greek, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, German Swedish and more were affected.
Surfeit: indulge or feed to excess.
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Re: surfeit
Or merely, as a noun, to have an oversupply, as a widow I once knew planted 150 tomato plants every year for a certain surfeit of tomatos.
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