Etymology

overarch

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Today it means: To form an arch over something. Full definition →

English arch ← Middle English arch ← Old French arche
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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*h₂erkʷ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erkʷos
  9. Proto-Italic*arkuos
  10. Latinarcus
  11. Old Frencharc
  12. Old Frencharche
  13. Middle Englisharch
  14. Englisharch
  15. English todayoverarch

From over- + arch.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.