Where does “overratedly” come from?
overratedly (English) comes from English overrated, from English overrate, from English rate, from French rate, from French rat, from Middle French rat, from Old French rat, from Old High German rato — to scrape.
overratedly (English): In an overrated manner
Definitions
- In an overrated manner
Ancestry of “overratedly”, step by step
overratedly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English overrated
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | overrated | Given an undue amount of credit for quality or... |
| 2 | English | overrate | To esteem too highly; to give greater praise than... |
| 3 | English | rate | The worth of something; value; The proportional... |
| 4 | French | rate | spleen; female equivalent of rat; female rat;... |
| 5 | French | rat | rat; sweetheart; scrooch |
| 6 | Middle French | rat | rat |
| 7 | Old French | rat | rat rodent |
| 8 | Old High German | rato | rat |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ratō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | rattaz | rat |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |