Etymology

overpower

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Today it means: To subdue someone by superior force. Full definition →

English power ← Middle English power ← Anglo-Norman poer
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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*pótis
  8. Proto-Italic*potis
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁es-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésti
  11. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*bʰúHt
  13. Proto-Italic*som
  14. Proto-Italic*possom
  15. Latinposse
  16. Vulgar Latinpotēre
  17. Old Frenchpooir
  18. Anglo-Normanpoer
  19. Middle Englishpower
  20. Englishpower
  21. English todayoverpower

From over- + power.

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