Etymology

overconsciousness

Today it means: Excessive consciousness of something. Full definition →

English consciousness ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer-
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  1. Englishoverconscious
  2. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  3. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  4. Proto-Germanic*uber
  5. Old Englishofer-
  6. Middle Englishover-
  7. Englishover-
  8. Englishconscious
  9. Englishconsciousness
  10. English todayoverconsciousness

From overconscious + -ness, or from over- + consciousness.

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