Where does “overdue” come from?

I need to carefully analyze this chain, but I notice there's a problem: the chain appears malformed or corrupted. It shows: - English due → Middle English dewe → Old English ofer- → Latin deus (repeated three times) → Latin -inus (repeated twice) This doesn't make linguistic sense for "overdue." The chain seems to jump from "ofer-" (a prefix) to "deus" (god), which breaks the etymological connection. Additionally, "ofer-" in Old English would be a prefix element, not a standalone word, and the repetition of entries suggests data corruption. Without a coherent, reliable chain showing how "overdue" actually derives (which should logically involve English "over" + "due," tracing "due" back through Old French and Latin), I cannot in good conscience write the origin sentence as requested. Doing so would violate the instruction to "state only

overdue (English): Late; especially, past a deadline or too late to...

Definitions

  1. Late; especially, past a deadline or too late to...

Ancestry of “overdue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdueOwed or owing; Appropriate; Scheduled; expected
2Middle EnglishdeweAlternative form of dew; Alternative form of...
3Old FrenchdeüAlternative form of deu
4Latindēbēre
5Latinof; concerning; about
6Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
7Latinposteablative singular of postis
8Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pós