Where does “overembrace” come from?
overembrace (English) comes from English embrace, from French embrasser, from Italian abbracciare, from Spanish abrazar, from Spanish abracar, from Vulgar Latin adbracchiare, from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων — short.
overembrace (English): to embrace too often or to an excessive degree
Definitions
- to embrace too often or to an excessive degree
Ancestry of “overembrace”, step by step
overembrace traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English embrace
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | embrace | To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in... |
| 2 | French | embrasser | to hug, embrace; to kiss |
| 3 | Italian | abbracciare | to embrace someone or something; to hug |
| 4 | Spanish | abrazar | to hug, to embrace; to embrace; to adopt; to hug,... |
| 5 | Spanish | abracar | to hug, to embrace |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | adbracchiare | — |
| 7 | Latin | bracchium | forearm; arm; limb of an animal |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βραχίων | the arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βραχύς | short, brief; short, small, little; few |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |
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- | — |