Where does “oversympathetic” come from?

oversympathetic (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-.

oversympathetic (English): Excessively sympathetic

Definitions

  1. Excessively sympathetic

Ancestry of “oversympathetic”, step by step

oversympathetic 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 sympathetic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsympatheticof, related to, showing, or characterized by...
2EnglishpimpSomeone who solicits customers for prostitution...
3Proto-Brythonicpɨmpfive
4Proto-Celtickʷenkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-