Where does “overroughness” come from?
overroughness (English) comes from English roughness, from English rough, from English ruff, from German Ruf, from Middle High German ruof, from Old High German ruof, from Old High German ruofan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan — army.
overroughness (English): Excessive roughness
Definitions
- Excessive roughness
Ancestry of “overroughness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | roughness | The property of being rough, coarseness;... |
| 2 | English | rough | Not smooth; uneven; Approximate; hasty or... |
| 3 | English | ruff | A circular frill or ruffle on a garment,... |
| 4 | German | Ruf | call; reputation |
| 5 | Middle High German | ruof | — |
| 6 | Old High German | ruof | — |
| 7 | Old High German | ruofan | to call |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |