Where does “oversold” come from?
Oversold comes from Middle English over- combined with Old English ofer-, from Latin solidus, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European sol- and upo-.
oversold (English): In a stock or commodity market condition where...
Definitions
- In a stock or commodity market condition where...
Ancestry of “oversold”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sold | simple past tense and past participle of sell;... |
| 2 | Middle English | solde | — |
| 3 | Middle French | solde | — |
| 4 | Italian | soldo | penny, cent; money |
| 5 | Italian | saldare | to solder, weld; to join; to put together; to... |
| 6 | Italian | saldo | firm, steady; sound; settlement, payment |
| 7 | Latin | solidus | solid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | soliðos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s | entire |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |