Where does “overaccuracy” come from?
overaccuracy (English) comes from English accuracy, from English accurate, from Latin accūrātus, from Latin accuro, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
overaccuracy (English): Excessive accuracy
Definitions
- Excessive accuracy
Ancestry of “overaccuracy”, step by step
overaccuracy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English accuracy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | accuracy | The state of being accurate; being free from... |
| 2 | English | accurate | Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact;... |
| 3 | Latin | accūrātus | taken care of, prepared with care, having been taken care of |
| 4 | Latin | accuro | I take care of, do something with care, attend or... |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | 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- | — |