Etymology

overflown

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English flown ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer-
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overflown · verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishflown
  8. English todayoverflown

From over- + flown.

overflown · verb2

  1. Old English · inherited fromoferflōwen
  2. Middle English · inherited fromoverflowen
  3. English todayoverflown

From Middle English overflowen (past participle of overflowen besides rare overflowed), from Old English oferflōwen (past participle of oferflōwan).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishoverflowen all →

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