Where does “overfed” come from?
Overfed comes from Middle English over- combined with fed, from Old English ofer-, from Proto-Germanic uber, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European upér and upo meaning above or over.
overfed (English): Excessively fed; given too much to eat; simple...
Definitions
- Excessively fed; given too much to eat; simple...
Ancestry of “overfed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Fed | The Federal Reserve Board or System |
| 2 | English | federation | Act of joining together into a single political... |
| 3 | French | Fédération | federation |
| 4 | Latin | foederatio | federation, treaty |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |