Etymology

overfull

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Today it means: excessively filled; full to overflowing Full definition →

Middle English overful ← Old English oferfull ← Proto-West Germanic [Term?]
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overfull · adjective1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*uberfullaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from[Term?]
  3. Old English · inherited fromoferfull“overfull”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromoverful
  5. English todayoverfull

From Middle English overful, overfulle, from Old English oferfull (“overfull”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *uberfullaz; equivalent to over- + full. Cognate with German übervoll (“overfull”), Swedish överfull (“overfull”).

overfull · noun2

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

From over- + full house.

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