Etymology

overemote

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Today it means: To display emotion excessive for the situation. Full definition →

English emote ← Middle French emotion ← Old French esmovoir
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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*h₁éǵʰ
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  9. Proto-Italic*eks
  10. Latinex
  11. Latinex-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  14. Proto-Italic*moweō
  15. Latinmoveō
  16. Latinēmoveō
  17. Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
  18. Old Frenchesmovoir
  19. Middle Frenchesmouvoir
  20. Middle Frenchemotion
  21. Englishemotionbf.
  22. Englishemote
  23. English todayoveremote

From over- + emote.

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