Where does “overrecruit” come from?

overrecruit (English) comes from English over, from Middle English over, from Old English ōfer, from Proto-West Germanic obar, from Proto-Germanic uber, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

overrecruit (English): To recruit too many people

Definitions

  1. To recruit too many people

Ancestry of “overrecruit”, step by step

overrecruit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English over

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoverDiscontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;...
2Middle Englishoverriverbank, seashore, brink
3Old Englishōferriverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border
4Proto-West Germanicobarover, above
5Proto-Germanicuberover; over, above
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via English recruit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrecruitA supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a...
2Frenchrecruterto recruit
3GermanRekrutrecruit; A soldier of the lowest rank in the...
4Frenchrecreute—
5Frenchrecruerecruit
6Old Frenchrecreu—
7Old Frenchrecreistre—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →