Etymology

overmedicate

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Today it means: To medicate excessively Full definition →

English medicate ← Latin medicō ← Middle English over-
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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. Latinmedicō
  8. Englishmedicate
  9. English todayovermedicate

From over- + medicate.

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