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
- Excessive brilliancy
Ancestry of “overbrilliancy”, step by step
overbrilliancy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English brilliancy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | brilliancy | A shining quality; brilliance; An act of being... |
| 2 | English | brilliant | Shining brightly; Both bright and saturated;... |
| 3 | French | brillant | shining; shiny; present participle of briller |
| 4 | French | briller | to shine, to sparkle |
| 5 | Italian | brillare | to shine, to glisten, to sparkle or twinkle; to... |
| 6 | Latin | bēryllus | beryl |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βήρυλλος | beryl |
| 8 | Prakrit | विरलायते | — |
| 9 | Sanskrit | वैडूर्य | cat's eye; a jewel; anything excellent of its... |
| 10 | Pali | veḷuriya | lapis lazuli, a precious stone |
| 11 | Pali | veḷur | white town |
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- | — |