Etymology

overcard

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Today it means: A card higher than any other card or pair. Often used in reference to the community cards in Texas hold 'em Full definition →

English card ← Middle English carde ← Old French carte
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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. Ancient Greekχάρτης (khártēs)
  8. Latincharta
  9. Old Frenchcarte
  10. Middle Englishcarde
  11. Englishcard
  12. English todayovercard

From over- + card.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.