Where does “overbattle” come from?

overbattle (English) comes from English over, from Middle English over, from Old English ōfer, from Proto-West Germanic obar, from Proto-Germanic uber, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

overbattle (English): Too fertile; too rich

Definitions

  1. Too fertile; too rich

Ancestry of “overbattle”, step by step

overbattle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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-

via English Battle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBattlefrom places in England that have been sites of a battle
2Middle EnglishbatelAlternative form of batayle; flourishing
3Old Englishbatolimproving, tending to be good
4Old Englishbatianto fatten, to get fatter; to improve, to get...
5Old English-olUsed to form suffixes denoting inclination or...
6Proto-Germanic-ulazForms adjectives from verbs meaning "doing" or...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European upóEvery word from Proto-Indo-European upér