Where does “overrecovery” come from?
overrecovery (English) comes from English recovery, from English recover, from English cover, from Middle English coveren, from Old French covrir, from Latin cooperiō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
overrecovery (English): The recovery of more money than was actually owed
Definitions
- The recovery of more money than was actually owed
Ancestry of “overrecovery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | recovery | The act or process of regaining or repossession... |
| 2 | English | recover | To get back, to regain; to salvage, to extricate,... |
| 3 | English | cover | A lid; Area or situation which screens a person... |
| 4 | Middle English | coveren | to recover |
| 5 | Old French | covrir | to cover |
| 6 | Latin | cooperiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |