Where does “overpunctilious” come from?
overpunctilious (English) comes from English punctilious, from English punctilio, from Italian puntiglio, from Spanish puntillo, from Spanish -illo, from Old Spanish -iello, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
overpunctilious (English): Excessively punctilious
Definitions
- Excessively punctilious
Ancestry of “overpunctilious”, step by step
overpunctilious traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English punctilious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | punctilious | Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or... |
| 2 | English | punctilio | A fine point in exactness of conduct, ceremony or... |
| 3 | Italian | puntiglio | obstinacy |
| 4 | Spanish | puntillo | Diminutive of punto; self-love; staccato dot |
| 5 | Spanish | -illo | Added to masculine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 6 | Old Spanish | -iello | A diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
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- | — |