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Where does “sovraccaricare” come from?

sovraccaricare (Italian) comes from French surcharger, from French sur-, from Old French sur-, from Latin super-, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér.

sovraccaricare (Italian): to overload; to overcharge

Definitions

  1. to overload; to overcharge

Ancestry of “sovraccaricare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsurchargerto overcharge; to overload, overburden,...
2Frenchsur-over, on top of; over-
3Old Frenchsur-over, on top of
4Latinsuper-super-; over, above
5Latinsuper"accusative" above, on the top of, upon;...
6Latineks-uper—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →