Where does “overelegance” come from?
overelegance (English) comes from English elegance, from Middle French élégance, from Latin elegantia, from Latin ēlegāns, from Latin ēligere, from Latin ēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
overelegance (English): Excessive elegance
Definitions
- Excessive elegance
Ancestry of “overelegance”, step by step
overelegance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English elegance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | elegance | Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement,... |
| 2 | Middle French | élégance | — |
| 3 | Latin | elegantia | elegance, taste, propriety, refinement, grace;... |
| 4 | Latin | ēlegāns | fine, elegant, handsome |
| 5 | Latin | ēligere | — |
| 6 | Latin | ēligō | to choose, to pluck or root out, extract |
| 7 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English over
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | over | Discontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;... |
| 2 | Middle English | over | riverbank, seashore, brink |
| 3 | Old English | ōfer | riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | obar | over, above |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uber | over; over, above |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |