Etymology

overcast

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Today it means: A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon. Full definition →

Middle English overcasten
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromovercasten
  2. English todayovercast

From Middle English overcasten, equivalent to over- + cast. Compare Swedish överkast.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.