overgild

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*uber“over”
2. Old English · inherited fromofergyldan“to encase, overlay, or adorn with gold”
3. Middle English · inherited fromovergilden
4. English todayovergild

From Middle English overgilden, from Old English ofergyldan (“to encase, overlay, or adorn with gold”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *gulþijaną (“to deck with gold”), equivalent to over- + gild. Cognate with German übergülden, übergolden (“to overgild”).

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