Etymology

overmaster

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Today it means: To overpower or overwhelm. Full definition →

English master ← Middle English maister ← Old English mǣġester
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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. Old Frenchmaistre
  8. Latinmagister
  9. Old Englishmǣġester
  10. Middle Englishmaister
  11. Englishmaster
  12. English todayovermaster

From over- + master.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.