Etymology

overcomplicated

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Today it means: excessively complicated Full definition →

English complicated ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer-
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overcomplicated · adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishcomplicated
  8. English todayovercomplicated

From over- + complicated.

overcomplicated · verb2

From overcomplicate + -ed.

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