Where does “overtakelessness” come from?
overtakelessness (English) comes from English overtakeless, from English overtake, from Middle English overtaken, from Middle English overnimen, from Old English oferniman, from Old English ōfer, from Proto-West Germanic obar, from Proto-Germanic uber.
overtakelessness (English): The quality of being overtakeless (impossible to overtake or surpass)
Definitions
- The quality of being overtakeless (impossible to overtake or surpass)
Ancestry of “overtakelessness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | overtakeless | Impossible to overtake or surpass |
| 2 | English | overtake | To pass a more slowly moving object or entity; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | overtaken | — |
| 4 | Middle English | overnimen | — |
| 5 | Old English | oferniman | to take by force or violence |
| 6 | Old English | ōfer | riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | obar | over, above |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | uber | over; over, above |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |