Where does “overindustrialize” come from?
overindustrialize (English) comes from English industrialize, from French industrialiser, from French industriel, from French -iel, from French -el, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
overindustrialize (English): To industrialize to an excessive degree
Definitions
- To industrialize to an excessive degree
Ancestry of “overindustrialize”, step by step
overindustrialize traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English industrialize
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | industrialize | To develop industry; to become industrial; To... |
| 2 | French | industrialiser | to industrialize |
| 3 | French | industriel | industrial; industrialist; industry |
| 4 | French | -iel | Suffix used to form adjectives. Compare with... |
| 5 | French | -el | To make an adjectival form of a noun; -al |
| 6 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 7 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
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- | — |