Where does “overelaborately” come from?
overelaborately (English) comes from English overelaborate, from English elaborate, from Latin ēlabōrātus, from Latin ēlabōrō, from Latin labōrō, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă — fox.
overelaborately (English): In an overelaborate manner
Definitions
- In an overelaborate manner
Ancestry of “overelaborately”, step by step
overelaborately traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English overelaborate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | overelaborate | Excessively elaborate; To elaborate excessively;... |
| 2 | English | elaborate | Complex, detailed, or sophisticated; Intricate,... |
| 3 | Latin | ēlabōrātus | endeavored; elaborated |
| 4 | Latin | ēlabōrō | to take pains or endeavor |
| 5 | Latin | labōrō | to toil, labor, work |
| 6 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 7 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 8 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 9 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 10 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |