Etymology

overcrowd

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Today it means: To fill beyond reasonable limits, with people, animals, objects or information. Full definition →

English crowd ← Middle English crouden ← Old English crūdan
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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-Indo-European*grewt-
  8. Proto-Germanic*krūdaną
  9. Proto-West Germanic*krūdan
  10. Old Englishcrūdan
  11. Middle Englishcrouden
  12. Englishcrowd
  13. English todayovercrowd

From over- + crowd.

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