Where does “overadorn” come from?

overadorn (English) comes from English adorn, from Middle English adornen, from Latin adōrnō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

overadorn (English): To adorn excessively

Definitions

  1. To adorn excessively

Ancestry of “overadorn”, step by step

overadorn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English adorn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadornTo make more beautiful and attractive; to...
2Middle Englishadornen
3Latinadōrnōto get ready, furnish, equip, provide, fit out
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-un-, non-, not
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English over

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoverDiscontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;...
2Middle Englishoverriverbank, seashore, brink
3Old Englishōferriverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border
4Proto-West Germanicobarover, above
5Proto-Germanicuberover; over, above
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-