Etymology

overfare

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Today it means: To go over; pass; traverse. Full definition →

Middle English *overfaren ← Old English oferfaran
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  1. Old English · inherited fromoferfaran“to pass; pass over; go off”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*overfaren
  3. English todayoverfare

From Middle English *overfaren, ouerfaren, from Old English oferfaran (“to pass; pass over; go off”), equivalent to over- + fare. Related to German überführen (“to transfer”).

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