Where does “overrighteously” come from?

overrighteously (English) comes from English overrighteous, from English over-, from Middle English over-, from Old English ofer-, from Proto-Germanic uber, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

overrighteously (English): Too righteously

Definitions

  1. Too righteously

Ancestry of “overrighteously”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoverrighteousExcessively righteous, perhaps hypocritically so
2Englishover-above, or higher; superior; excessively
3Middle Englishover-
4Old Englishofer-used to form nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs...
5Proto-Germanicuberover; over, above
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-
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