Etymology

overcoat

over·coat
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Today it means: A heavy garment worn over other clothes, for protection from cold or weather. Full definition →

English coat ← Middle English cote ← Old French cotte
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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-Germanic*kuttô
  8. Latincotta
  9. Old Frenchcotte
  10. Middle Englishcote
  11. Englishcoat
  12. English todayovercoat

From over- + coat.

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