Etymology

overbroad

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Today it means: Too broad. Full definition →

English broad ← Middle English brod ← Old English brād
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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*bʰer-der.?
  8. Proto-Germanic*braidaz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*braid
  10. Old Englishbrād
  11. Middle Englishbrod
  12. Englishbroad
  13. English todayoverbroad

From over- + broad.

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