Where does “overbrilliantly” come from?
overbrilliantly (English) comes from English overbrilliant, from English brilliant, from French brillant, from French briller, from Italian brillare, from Latin bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος, from Prakrit विरलायते — white town.
overbrilliantly (English): Too brilliantly
Definitions
- Too brilliantly
Ancestry of “overbrilliantly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | overbrilliant | Excessively brilliant |
| 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 |