Where does “overavaricious” come from?
overavaricious (English) comes from English avaricious, from Middle English avaricious, from Old French avaricieux, from Old French avarice, from Latin avāritia, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
overavaricious (English): Excessively avaricious
Definitions
- Excessively avaricious
Ancestry of “overavaricious”, step by step
overavaricious traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English avaricious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | avaricious | Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth... |
| 2 | Middle English | avaricious | — |
| 3 | Old French | avaricieux | avaricious; miserly; stingy |
| 4 | Old French | avarice | greed; avarice |
| 5 | Latin | avāritia | A greedy desire for possessions or gain; avarice, greed, greediness, covetousness, rapacity |
| 6 | Latin | -itia | -ness, -ity |
| 7 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
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- | — |