Where does “overager” come from?

overager (English) comes from English overage, from English age, from Middle English age, from Old French aage, from Vulgar Latin aetaticum, from Latin aetās, from Latin aevitās, from Proto-Italic aiwotāts — vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning.

overager (English): A player who is older than the maximum age permitted in a junior league

Definitions

  1. A player who is older than the maximum age permitted in a junior league

Ancestry of “overager”, step by step

overager traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English overage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoverageHaving an age that is greater than a stipulated...
2EnglishageThe whole duration of a being, whether animal,...
3Middle EnglishageThe age of someone or rarely something; how old someone is
4Old Frenchaageage
5Vulgar Latinaetaticumage
6Latinaetāsthe period of a life: lifetime, lifespan
7Latinaevitās
8Proto-Italicaiwotātsage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eyu-vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ey-vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eyu-Every word from Proto-Italic aiwotāts