Where does “oversuperstitious” come from?
oversuperstitious (English) comes from English superstitious, from Old French superstitieux, from Latin superstitiōsus, from Latin superstitio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
oversuperstitious (English): Excessively superstitious
Definitions
- Excessively superstitious
Ancestry of “oversuperstitious”, step by step
oversuperstitious traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English superstitious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | superstitious | Susceptible to superstitions; Arising from or... |
| 2 | Old French | superstitieux | — |
| 3 | Latin | superstitiōsus | superstitious |
| 4 | Latin | superstitio | superstition |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English over
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | over | Discontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;... |
| 2 | Middle English | over | riverbank, seashore, brink |
| 3 | Old English | ōfer | riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ōferaz | edge; shore |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eh₁/h₂peros | — |