Where does “oversubtlety” come from?
oversubtlety (English) comes from English subtlety, from Middle English sotilte, from Old French sutilté, from Latin subtīlitās, from Latin subtīlis, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
oversubtlety (English): Excessive subtlety
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