Where does “overscrupulously” come from?
overscrupulously (English) comes from English overscrupulous, from English scrupulous, from Middle French scrupuleux, from Latin scrūpulōsus, from Latin scrūpulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
overscrupulously (English): In an overscrupulous manner
Definitions
- In an overscrupulous manner
Ancestry of “overscrupulously”, step by step
overscrupulously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English overscrupulous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | overscrupulous | Excessively scrupulous |
| 2 | English | scrupulous | Exactly and carefully conducted; Having scruples... |
| 3 | Middle French | scrupuleux | — |
| 4 | Latin | scrūpulōsus | full of sharp stones |
| 5 | Latin | scrūpulus | a small, sharp or pointed stone |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |