Where does “oversanguine” come from?

oversanguine (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-.

oversanguine (English): Too sanguine; overconfident, too disposed to...

Definitions

  1. Too sanguine; overconfident, too disposed to...

Ancestry of “oversanguine”, step by step

oversanguine 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 sanguine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsanguineHaving the colour of blood; blood red; Having a...
2Middle EnglishsanguineHaving a bloody-red hue; coloured in sanguine or...
3Old Frenchsanguin
4Latinsanguineusof blood, bloody; bloodthirsty; blood-coloured
5Latinsanguīsblood
6Proto-Italic*sangwensblood
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁sh₂-én-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésh₂r̥blood

Words derived from “oversanguine

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European upóEvery word from Proto-Indo-European upér