Etymology

overblow

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Today it means: To cover with blossoms or flowers. Full definition →

English blow ← Middle English blowen ← Old English blāwan
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overblow · verb1

  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*bʰel-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₁-
  9. Proto-Germanic*blēaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*blāan
  11. Old Englishblāwan
  12. Middle Englishblowen
  13. Englishblow
  14. English todayoverblow

From over- + blow (“to flower, bloom”).

overblow · verb2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromoverblowen
  2. English todayoverblow

From Middle English overblowen, equivalent to over- + blow.

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