The story
- Old English · inherited fromoferriden
- Middle English · inherited fromoverridden
- English todayoverridden
From Middle English overridden, from Old English oferriden, past participle of oferrīdan (“to ride over”), equivalent to over- + ridden.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishoverridden all →
over-ridden
Old Englishoferriden all →
over-ridden
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.