Where does “overbrilliant” come from?
overbrilliant (English) comes from English brilliant, from French brillant, from French briller, from Italian brillare, from Latin bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος, from Prakrit विरलायते, from Sanskrit वैडूर्य — white town.
overbrilliant (English): Excessively brilliant
Definitions
- Excessively brilliant
Ancestry of “overbrilliant”, step by step
overbrilliant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English brilliant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | brilliant | Shining brightly; Both bright and saturated;... |
| 2 | French | brillant | shining; shiny; present participle of briller |
| 3 | French | briller | to shine, to sparkle |
| 4 | Italian | brillare | to shine, to glisten, to sparkle or twinkle; to... |
| 5 | Latin | bēryllus | beryl |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βήρυλλος | beryl |
| 7 | Prakrit | विरलायते | — |
| 8 | Sanskrit | वैडूर्य | cat's eye; a jewel; anything excellent of its... |
| 9 | Pali | veḷuriya | lapis lazuli, a precious stone |
| 10 | 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- | — |