Where does “overdominant” come from?

overdominant (English) comes from English over, from Middle English over, from Old English ōfer, from Proto-West Germanic obar, from Proto-Germanic uber, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

overdominant (English): Exhibiting overdominance

Definitions

  1. Exhibiting overdominance

Ancestry of “overdominant”, step by step

overdominant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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-—

via English dominant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdominantThe fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on
2Middle Frenchdominant—

Words derived from “overdominant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upér →