Where does “overallocate” come from?
overallocate (English) comes from English allocate, from Latin allocatus, from Latin allocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
overallocate (English): To allocate too much of
Definitions
- To allocate too much of
Ancestry of “overallocate”, step by step
overallocate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English allocate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | allocate | To set aside for a purpose; To distribute... |
| 2 | Latin | allocatus | allocated |
| 3 | Latin | allocō | to hire |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | 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- | — |