Where does “overguarantee” come from?

overguarantee (English) comes from English guarantee, from Old French guarantie, from Old French guarantir, from English undefined, from English Un-, from Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic un- — not.

overguarantee (English): To guarantee excessively

Definitions

  1. To guarantee excessively

Ancestry of “overguarantee”, step by step

overguarantee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English guarantee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishguaranteeAnything that assures a certain outcome; A legal...
2Old Frenchguarantieassurance; promise; guarantee; safety; security;...
3Old Frenchguarantirto protect
4EnglishundefinedLacking a definition or value; That does not have...
5EnglishUn-not
6Middle Englishun-
7Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
8Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
9Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
10Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
11Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

via English over

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoverDiscontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;...
2Middle Englishoverriverbank, seashore, brink
3Old Englishōferriverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border
4Proto-West Germanicobarover, above
5Proto-Germanicuberover; over, above
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne