Where does “overengined” come from?
overengined (English) comes from English engined, from English engine, from Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
overengined (English): Having an engine that is larger or more powerful...
Definitions
- Having an engine that is larger or more powerful...
Ancestry of “overengined”, step by step
overengined traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English engined
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | engined | Having a specified number or configuration of... |
| 2 | English | engine | A large construction used in warfare, such as a... |
| 3 | Middle English | engyn | engine; Engyn, Middle English, noun - skill,... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | engine | — |
| 5 | Old French | engin | intelligence; ruse; trickery; deception;... |
| 6 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 7 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 9 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
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- | — |