Where does “overmarch” come from?
overmarch (English) comes from English March, from Middle English March, from Anglo-Norman marche, from Old French marz, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá — to soften, to melt.
overmarch (English): To cause to march too far, or too often; to...
Definitions
- To cause to march too far, or too often; to...
Ancestry of “overmarch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | March | — |
| 2 | Middle English | March | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | marche | limit; boundary |
| 4 | Old French | marz | — |
| 5 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 6 | Italian | là | there |
| 7 | Spanish | la | the; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,... |
| 8 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 9 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 10 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 11 | Hungarian | moll | — |
| 12 | German | Moll | minor |
| 13 | Medieval Latin | molle | — |
| 14 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 15 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | — |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |