overlive

The story

1. Old English · inherited fromoferlibban“to survive”
2. Middle English · inherited fromoverliven
3. English todayoverlive

From Middle English overliven, from Old English oferlibban (“to survive”), equivalent to over- + live. Cognate with Dutch overleven (“to survive”), German überleben (“to survive, outlive”), Swedish överleva (“to survive, outlive, outlast”).