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Som⋅er⋅set

  [suhm-er-set, -sit]
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–noun
1. a city in SE Massachusetts. 18,813.
2. a town in S Kentucky. 10,649.
3. Somersetshire.
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som⋅er⋅sault

  [suhm-er-sawlt]
–noun
1. an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
2. such a movement performed in the air as part of a dive, tumbling routine, etc.
3. a complete overturn or reversal, as of opinion.
–verb (used without object)
4. to perform a somersault.
Also, som⋅er⋅set  [suhm-er-set] , summersault, summerset.

Origin:
1520–30; < MF sombresaut, alter. of sobresault; cf. OPr sobre over (< L super), saut a leap (< L saltus)

Som⋅er⋅set⋅shire

  [suhm-er-set-sheer, -sher, -sit-]
–noun
a county in SW England. 401,700; 1335 sq. mi. (3455 sq. km).
Also called Somerset.
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som·er·sault also sum·mer·sault   (sŭm'ər-sôlt')   
n.  

  1. An acrobatic stunt in which the body rolls forward or backward in a complete revolution with the knees bent and the feet coming over the head. Also called somerset; also called regionally tumbleset.

  2. A complete reversal, as of sympathies or opinions.

intr.v.   som·er·sault·ed also sum·mer·sault·ed, som·er·sault·ing also sum·mer·sault·ing, som·er·saults also sum·mer·saults
To execute a somersault.

[Obsolete French sombresault, variant of sobresault, from Old Provençal sobresaut : sobre-, above (from Latin suprā; see uper in Indo-European roots) + saut, leap (from Latin saltus, from past participle of salīre, to leap; see sel- in Indo-European roots).]
som·er·set also sum·mer·set   (sŭm'ər-sět')   
n.  See somersault.
intr.v.   som·er·set·ted also sum·mer·set·ted, som·er·set·ting also sum·mer·set·ting, som·er·sets also sum·mer·sets
To perform a somersault.

[Alteration of somersault.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

somersault 
1530, from M.Fr. sombresault, from O.Prov. sobresaut, from sobre "over" (from L. supra "over") + saut "a jump," from L. saltus, from the root of salire "to leap" (see salient). Sometimes further corrupted to somerset, etc.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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