Etymology

over-

Today it means: Above, or higher. Full definition →

Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- ← Proto-Germanic *uber
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. English todayover-

From Middle English over-, from Old English ofer-, from Proto-Germanic *uber, from Proto-Indo-European *upér. Cognate with Dutch over-, German über-, Swedish över-, Welsh gor-, Spanish sobre-, Armenian վեր- (ver-), Persian ابر (abar-). Doublet of super-, sur-, and hyper-. More at over.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*uber all →

overovergildoverheaveoverholdoversend

Proto-Indo-European*upér all →

oversummitsovereigntyeaveshyper-

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