Etymology

overbuild

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Today it means: To perform excessive construction on a building or in an area. Full definition →

English build ← Middle English bilden ← Old English bytlan
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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-West Germanic*buþlijan
  8. Old Englishbytlan
  9. Middle Englishbilden
  10. Englishbuild
  11. English todayoverbuild

From over- + build.

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