Where does “overadornment” come from?
overadornment (English) comes from English adornment, from English adorn, from Middle English adornen, from Latin adōrnō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
overadornment (English): Excessive adornment
Definitions
- Excessive adornment
Ancestry of “overadornment”, step by step
overadornment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adornment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adornment | A decoration; that which adorns; The act of... |
| 2 | English | adorn | To make more beautiful and attractive; to... |
| 3 | Middle English | adornen | — |
| 4 | Latin | adōrnō | to get ready, furnish, equip, provide, fit out |
| 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- | — |