Etymology

overdraw

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Today it means: To withdraw more money from an account than there is credit; to make an overdraft Full definition →

English draw ← Middle English drawen ← Old English dragan
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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*dʰregʰ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰrógʰ-e-ti
  9. Proto-Germanic*draganą
  10. Proto-West Germanic*dragan
  11. Old Englishdragan
  12. Middle Englishdrawen
  13. Englishdraw
  14. English todayoverdraw

From over- + draw.

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