Where does “overalertness” come from?
overalertness (English) comes from English overalert, from English Alert, from French alerte, from Italian all'erta, from Italian erta, from Italian erto, from Latin ērectus, from Latin ērigō — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
overalertness (English): The quality of being overalert
Definitions
- The quality of being overalert
Ancestry of “overalertness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | overalert | Excessively alert |
| 2 | English | Alert | — |
| 3 | French | alerte | alert; agile; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Italian | all'erta | Alternative spelling of allerta; to the height |
| 5 | Italian | erta | feminine singular of erto; steep slope |
| 6 | Italian | erto | steep |
| 7 | Latin | ērectus | — |
| 8 | Latin | ērigō | — |
| 9 | Latin | regō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |