Where does “overalignment” come from?

overalignment (English) comes from English alignment, from French alignement, from French aligner, from Middle French aligner, from Old French alignier, from Latin lineare, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum — flax.

overalignment (English): The result of overaligning data

Definitions

  1. The result of overaligning data

Ancestry of “overalignment”, step by step

overalignment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English alignment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalignmentAn arrangement of items in a line; The process of...
2Frenchalignementalignment
3Frenchalignerto align
4Middle Frenchaligner
5Old Frenchalignier
6Latinlinearepresent active infinitive of līneō; second-person...
7LatinlīneaA linen thread
8Latinlīnumflax
9Proto-Italiclīnom
10Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

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 līnom