Where does “overbrilliancy” come from?

overbrilliancy (English) comes from English brilliancy, from English brilliant, from French brillant, from French briller, from Italian brillare, from Latin bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος, from Prakrit विरलायते — white town.

overbrilliancy (English): Excessive brilliancy

Definitions

  1. Excessive brilliancy

Ancestry of “overbrilliancy”, step by step

overbrilliancy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English brilliancy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbrilliancyA shining quality; brilliance; An act of being...
2EnglishbrilliantShining brightly; Both bright and saturated;...
3Frenchbrillantshining; shiny; present participle of briller
4Frenchbrillerto shine, to sparkle
5Italianbrillareto shine, to glisten, to sparkle or twinkle; to...
6Latinbēryllusberyl
7Ancient Greekβήρυλλοςberyl
8Prakritविरलायते
9Sanskritवैडूर्यcat's eye; a jewel; anything excellent of its...
10Paliveḷuriyalapis lazuli, a precious stone
11Paliveḷurwhite town

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 Pali veḷur
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