Where does “overaccessorize” come from?
overaccessorize (English) comes from English accessorize, from English accessory, from Middle English accessorie, from Medieval Latin accessorius, from Latin accessor, from Latin accessus, from Latin accēdō, from Latin ad- — in.
overaccessorize (English): To adorn oneself with too many accessories
Definitions
- To adorn oneself with too many accessories
Ancestry of “overaccessorize”, step by step
overaccessorize traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English accessorize
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | accessorize | To furnish with accessories; To wear or to choose... |
| 2 | English | accessory | Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate... |
| 3 | Middle English | accessorie | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | accessorius | accessory, supplementary; accessory , accomplice |
| 5 | Latin | accessor | helper, subordinate |
| 6 | Latin | accessus | approached, reached; advanced, attacked;... |
| 7 | Latin | accēdō | to go or come toward, approach, reach |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English over
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | over | Discontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;... |
| 2 | Middle English | over | riverbank, seashore, brink |
| 3 | Old English | ōfer | riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | obar | over, above |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uber | over; over, above |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |