Where does “overrated” come from?
Overrated comes from English over-, from Middle English over-, from Old English ofer-, from Proto-Germanic uber, from Proto-Indo-European upér and upo, meaning above or over.
overrated (English): Given an undue amount of credit for quality or...
Definitions
- Given an undue amount of credit for quality or...
Ancestry of “overrated”, step by step
overrated traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English overrate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | overrate | To esteem too highly; to give greater praise than... |
| 2 | English | rate | The worth of something; value; The proportional... |
| 3 | French | rate | spleen; female equivalent of rat; female rat;... |
| 4 | French | rat | rat; sweetheart; scrooch |
| 5 | Middle French | rat | rat |
| 6 | Old French | rat | rat rodent |
| 7 | Old High German | rato | rat |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ratō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | rattaz | rat |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |
via English rated
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rated | Scolded, rebuked; maximum under which a device... |