Where does “oversurveillance” come from?
oversurveillance (English) comes from English surveillance, from French surveillance, from French surveiller, from Old French surveillier, from Old French veillier, from Vulgar Latin viglare, from Latin vigilō, from Latin vigil — lively, awake; strong.
oversurveillance (English): An excessive degree of surveillance
Definitions
- An excessive degree of surveillance
Ancestry of “oversurveillance”, step by step
oversurveillance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English surveillance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | surveillance | Close observation of an individual or group;... |
| 2 | French | surveillance | surveillance; supervision |
| 3 | French | surveiller | to monitor, to survey, to watch |
| 4 | Old French | surveillier | to keep watch over |
| 5 | Old French | veillier | to be awake |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | viglare | — |
| 7 | Latin | vigilō | to watch through, spend in watching, do or make while watching |
| 8 | Latin | vigil | awake, watching, alert; watchman, guard,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵ- | lively, awake; strong |
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-West Germanic | obar | over, above |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uber | over; over, above |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |