Where does “overintimate” come from?
overintimate (English) comes from English intimate, from Latin intimatus, from Latin intimō, from Latin intimus, from Latin intus, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
overintimate (English): Excessively intimate
Definitions
- Excessively intimate
Ancestry of “overintimate”, step by step
overintimate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English intimate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | intimate | Closely acquainted; familiar; Of or involved in a... |
| 2 | Latin | intimatus | |
| 3 | Latin | intimō | to tell, relate, narrate, recount, describe, intimate |
| 4 | Latin | intimus | inmost; profound; most or very secret or intimate |
| 5 | Latin | intus | within, inside; at home |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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- | — |