Where does “oversupplement” come from?

oversupplement (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-.

oversupplement (English): To supplement excessively

Definitions

  1. To supplement excessively

Ancestry of “oversupplement”, step by step

oversupplement 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 supplement

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsupplementSomething added, especially to make up for a...
2Latinsupplementumsomething that fills up or makes up the numbers;...
3LatinsuppleoI make up the numbers, fill up, complete, make...
4LatinpleōCombining form used to form prefixed verbs with the approximate meaning "to fill"
5Proto-Italicplēōto fill
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-