Where does “overachievement” come from?
overachievement (English) comes from English achievement, from Middle French achevement, from Old French achevement, from Old French achever, from Latin accapāre, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille — that.
overachievement (English): A greater than anticipated achievement
Definitions
- A greater than anticipated achievement
Ancestry of “overachievement”, step by step
overachievement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English achievement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | achievement | The act of achieving or performing; a successful... |
| 2 | Middle French | achevement | — |
| 3 | Old French | achevement | act of finishing, of ending; accomplishment;... |
| 4 | Old French | achever | — |
| 5 | Latin | accapāre | finish |
| 6 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 7 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 8 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 9 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
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- | — |