Where does “overdressiness” come from?
overdressiness (English) comes from English overdressy, from English dressy, from English dress, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn — smoke; mist, haze.
overdressiness (English): Quality of being overdressy
Definitions
- Quality of being overdressy
Ancestry of “overdressiness”, step by step
overdressiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English overdressy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | overdressy | Excessively dressy |
| 2 | English | dressy | Elegant, smart, or stylish; Fond of dressing up;... |
| 3 | English | dress | To fit out with the necessary clothing; to... |
| 4 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 5 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 6 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 7 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 10 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |