Where does “overexcess” come from?
overexcess (English) comes from English excess, from Middle English exces, from Old French exces, from Latin excessus, from Latin excedere, from Latin excedo, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō.
overexcess (English): A particularly excessive quantity, amount or number; a vast excess of something; the state of being overexcessive
Definitions
- A particularly excessive quantity, amount or number; a vast excess of something; the state of being overexcessive
Ancestry of “overexcess”, step by step
overexcess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English excess
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | excess | The state of surpassing or going beyond limits;... |
| 2 | Middle English | exces | excess, ecstasy |
| 3 | Old French | exces | — |
| 4 | Latin | excessus | departure; demise, death; digression |
| 5 | Latin | excedere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | excedo | I go out, go forth or away; depart, retire,... |
| 7 | Latin | cēdō | to go, move, proceed, go along, move along |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 10 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |
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- | — |