Etymology

overapply

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Today it means: To apply to excess. Full definition →

English apply ← Middle English aplien ← Old French applier
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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. Latinapplicō
  8. Old Frenchapplier
  9. Middle Englishaplien
  10. Englishapply
  11. English todayoverapply

From over- + apply.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.