Where does “overclassify” come from?
overclassify (English) comes from English classify, from French classifier, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse, from Russian класс — to call, cry, summon.
overclassify (English): To classify excessively
Definitions
- To classify excessively
Ancestry of “overclassify”, step by step
overclassify traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English classify
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | classify | to identify by or divide into classes; to... |
| 2 | French | classifier | to classify |
| 3 | French | classe | class, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"... |
| 4 | Italian | classe | class; classroom; style |
| 5 | Spanish | clase | lecture; class; kind, sort, type |
| 6 | Portuguese | classe | class, kind; class; elegance; class |
| 7 | German | klasse | great, awesome |
| 8 | Russian | класс | class |
| 9 | Latin | classis | any one of the five divisions into which Servius... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | klāssis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₁- | to call, cry, summon |
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- | — |