Where does “overelegantly” come from?
overelegantly (English) comes from English overelegant, from English elegant, from Middle French elegant, from Latin ēlegāns, from Latin ēligere, from Latin ēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
overelegantly (English): Too elegantly
Definitions
- Too elegantly
Ancestry of “overelegantly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | overelegant | Excessively elegant |
| 2 | English | elegant | Characterised by or exhibiting elegance;... |
| 3 | Middle French | elegant | elegant |
| 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... |