Where does “overdiligent” come from?

overdiligent (English) comes from English diligent, from Middle English diligent, from Old French diligent, from Latin dīligēns, from Latin dīligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

overdiligent (English): Too diligent

Definitions

  1. Too diligent

Ancestry of “overdiligent”, step by step

overdiligent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English diligent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdiligentPerforming with industrious concentration;...
2Middle Englishdiligent
3Old Frenchdiligent
4Latindīligēnsdiligent, careful, attentive
5Latindīligōto esteem, prize, love, have regard, to delight in (something)
6Latinlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch
7Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
8Proto-Italiclēg-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

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 “overdiligent

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-