Where does “overingenuity” come from?

overingenuity (English) comes from English over, from Middle English over, from Old English ōfer, from Proto-West Germanic obar, from Proto-Germanic uber, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

overingenuity (English): Excessive ingenuity

Definitions

  1. Excessive ingenuity

Ancestry of “overingenuity”, step by step

overingenuity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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-

via English ingenuity

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishingenuityThe ability to solve difficult problems, often in...
2LatiningenuitasThe condition of being free-born or noble;...
3Latiningenuusnatural, indigenous; freeborn; noble, upright,...
4Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
5Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
6Old Latinenin
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-
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