Etymology

overaggression

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Today it means: excessive aggression; overaggressiveness Full definition →

English aggression ← Middle French aggression ← Latin aggressiō
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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*gʰredʰ-
  12. Latingradior
  13. Latinaggredior
  14. Latinaggressiō
  15. Middle Frenchaggression
  16. Englishaggression
  17. English todayoveraggression

From over- + aggression.

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