Where does “overattentiveness” come from?
overattentiveness (English) comes from English overattentive, from English attentive, from Middle English attentif, from Old French attentif, from Latin attentus, from Latin attineo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
overattentiveness (English): The quality of being overattentive
Definitions
- The quality of being overattentive
Ancestry of “overattentiveness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | overattentive | Excessively attentive |
| 2 | English | attentive | Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening,... |
| 3 | Middle English | attentif | — |
| 4 | Old French | attentif | — |
| 5 | Latin | attentus | detained, delayed; preserved, guarded; attentive,... |
| 6 | Latin | attineo | I bring or hold to or near; I hold fast, keep,... |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 9 | Latin | în | — |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |