Where does “overlimit” come from?
overlimit (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-.
overlimit (English): Having more money being charged on a credit card than what is available as credit
Definitions
- Having more money being charged on a credit card than what is available as credit
Ancestry of “overlimit”, step by step
overlimit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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- | — |
via English limit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | limit | A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not... |
| 2 | Middle English | limit | — |
| 3 | Old French | limit | — |
| 4 | Latin | līmes | limit, border, path |
| 5 | Latin | līmus | sidelong, askew, askance, sideways |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |