Where does “overadvertise” come from?
overadvertise (English) comes from English advertise, from Middle English advertisen, from Middle French advertir, from Old French avertir, from Latin advertō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
overadvertise (English): To advertise excessively
Definitions
- To advertise excessively
Ancestry of “overadvertise”, step by step
overadvertise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English advertise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | advertise | To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly |
| 2 | Middle English | advertisen | To pay attention |
| 3 | Middle French | advertir | to warn |
| 4 | Old French | avertir | to inform; to notify; to notice; to remark |
| 5 | Latin | advertō | to turn to or towards |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | 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- | — |