Where does “overassemble” come from?

overassemble (English) comes from English assemble, from French assemble, from French assembler, from Old French asembler, from Latin assimulō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

overassemble (English): To assemble more than the normal three histones with nucleic acid

Definitions

  1. To assemble more than the normal three histones with nucleic acid

Ancestry of “overassemble”, step by step

overassemble traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English assemble

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishassembleTo put together; To gather as a group; to...
2Frenchassemblefirst-person singular present indicative of...
3Frenchassemblerto assemble
4Old Frenchasemblerto collect up; to get together
5Latinassimulōto consider as similar, make similar, assimilate
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-un-, non-, not
8Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

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 h₁én
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