Where does “overassessment” come from?

overassessment (English) comes from English Assessment, from English assess, from Middle English assessen, from Old French assesser, from Medieval Latin assessare, from Latin assessus, from Latin assideō, from Latin ad- — in.

overassessment (English): The assessment of a tax or charge at a higher...

Definitions

  1. The assessment of a tax or charge at a higher...

Ancestry of “overassessment”, step by step

overassessment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Assessment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAssessmentThe act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed
2EnglishassessTo determine, estimate or judge the value of; to...
3Middle Englishassessento assess
4Old Frenchassesser
5Medieval Latinassessare
6Latinassessusseated beside one; a sitting beside someone
7Latinassideōto sit by or near someone or something
8Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
9Latinīn-un-, non-, not
10Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-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