Where does “overaspirate” come from?
overaspirate (English) comes from English aspirate, from Latin aspīrātus, from Latin aspīrō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
overaspirate (English): To aspirate excessively
Definitions
- To aspirate excessively
Ancestry of “overaspirate”, step by step
overaspirate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English aspirate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aspirate | The puff of air accompanying the release of a... |
| 2 | Latin | aspīrātus | breathed, aspired |
| 3 | Latin | aspīrō | to breathe or blow upon |
| 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- | — |