Where does “overcancel” come from?

overcancel (English) comes from English cancel, from Middle English cancellen, from Anglo-Norman canceler, from Old French canceler, from Latin cancellāre, from Latin cancelli, from Latin cancer, from Proto-Italic kankros — to cut, cut off, sever.

overcancel (English): To cancel too many or too forcefully

Definitions

  1. To cancel too many or too forcefully

Ancestry of “overcancel”, step by step

overcancel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cancel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcancelTo cross out something with lines etc; To...
2Middle EnglishcancellenTo cross out or efface (writing, a record, etc.); to obliterate
3Anglo-Normancancelerto cross out with lines
4Old Frenchcanceler
5Latincancellāre
6Latincancelliinflection of cancellus: ## genitive singular ##...
7Latincancera crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or...
8Proto-Italickankroscrab
9Proto-Italickarkrosenclosure, barrier
10Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-kr̥-circular
11Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
12Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

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-

Words derived from “overcancel

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek-