Where does “overarrange” come from?
overarrange (English) comes from English arrange, from German arrangieren, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
overarrange (English): To arrange excessively or too precisely
Definitions
- To arrange excessively or too precisely
Ancestry of “overarrange”, step by step
overarrange traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English arrange
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | arrange | To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly... |
| 2 | German | arrangieren | to arrange; to come to an agreement |
| 3 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 4 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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- | — |