Etymology

overbore

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Today it means: Such that the capacity of the burning cartridge powder is greater than the volume within the barrel. Full definition →

English bore ← Middle English boren ← Old English borian
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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*bʰerH-
  8. Proto-Germanic*burōną
  9. Proto-West Germanic*borōn
  10. Old Englishborian
  11. Middle Englishboren
  12. Englishbore
  13. English todayoverbore

From over- + bore.

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