Etymology

overcall

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Today it means: To call a bet after another player has already called Full definition →

English call ← Middle English callen ← Old English *callian
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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*gels-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*golsos
  9. Proto-Germanic*kalzaz
  10. Proto-Germanic*kalzōną
  11. Proto-West Germanic*kalʀōn
  12. Old Englishceallian
  13. Old English*callian
  14. Middle Englishcallen
  15. Englishcall
  16. English todayovercall

From over- + call.

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