Where does “overol” come from?

overol (Spanish) comes from Finnish ove-, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

overol (Spanish): overalls plural (not US), coveralls plural (US only)

Definitions

  1. overalls plural (not US), coveralls plural (US only)

Ancestry of “overol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishove-—
2Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
3Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
4Proto-West Germanic-jā—
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →