Where does “overlain” come from?
Overlain comes from English overlie, from Middle English lie, from Middle French lien, from Latin ligō meaning to bind or tie.
overlain (English): past participle of overlie
Definitions
- past participle of overlie
Ancestry of “overlain”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | overlie | To lie over or upon; To suffocate by lying upon |
| 2 | English | over- | above, or higher; superior; excessively |
| 3 | Middle English | over- | — |
| 4 | Old English | ofer- | used to form nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs... |
| 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- | — |