Etymology

overleaven

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Today it means: To leaven too much. Full definition →

English leaven ← Middle English levayn ← Old French levain
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁lengʷʰ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁léngʰus
  9. Proto-Italic*breɣʷisinflu.
  10. Proto-Italic*leɣʷis
  11. Latinlevis
  12. Latinlevō
  13. Vulgar Latin*levāmen
  14. Old Frenchlevain
  15. Middle Englishlevayn
  16. Englishleaven
  17. English todayoverleaven

From over- + leaven.

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