Where does “overprocrastination” come from?
overprocrastination (English) comes from English procrastination, from Middle French procrastination, from Latin prōcrāstinātiō, from Latin prōcrāstinō, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.
overprocrastination (English): excessive procrastination
Definitions
- excessive procrastination
Ancestry of “overprocrastination”, step by step
overprocrastination traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English procrastination
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | procrastination | The act of postponing, delaying or putting off,... |
| 2 | Middle French | procrastination | — |
| 3 | Latin | prōcrāstinātiō | a putting off until tomorrow; procrastination |
| 4 | Latin | prōcrāstinō | to put off until tomorrow; to defer, delay, procrastinate |
| 5 | Latin | prō | for |
| 6 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 7 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
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- | — |