The story
- Old English · inherited fromofergrǣdiġ“overgreedy, too covetous”
- Middle English · inherited from*overgredy
- English todayovergreedy
From Middle English *overgredy, from Old English ofergrǣdiġ (“overgreedy, too covetous”), equivalent to over- + greedy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.