Etymology

overarm

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Today it means: Throwing while having the hand above the elbow Full definition →

English arm ← Middle English arm ← Old English earm
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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*h₂er-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂érmos
  9. Proto-Germanic*armaz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*arm
  11. Old Englishearm
  12. Middle Englisharm
  13. Englisharm
  14. English todayoverarm

From over- + arm.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.