Etymology

overaccommodation

Today it means: excessive convergence; the situation where a speaker is overaccommodative Full definition →

English accommodation ← French accommodation ← Latin accommodātiōnem
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  8. Proto-Italic*ad
  9. Proto-Italic*ad-
  10. Latinad-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  13. Proto-Italic*kom
  14. Proto-Italic*kom-
  15. Latincom-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*médos
  18. Proto-Italic*medos
  19. Latinmodus
  20. Latincommodus
  21. Latincommodum
  22. Latincommodō
  23. Latinaccommodō
  24. Latinaccommodātiōnem
  25. Frenchaccommodation
  26. Englishaccommodation
  27. English todayoveraccommodation

From over- + accommodation.

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