Etymology

oversaturation

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Today it means: supersaturation. Full definition →

English saturation ← Late Latin saturatio ← 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. Late Latinsaturatio
  8. Englishsaturation
  9. English todayoversaturation

From over- + saturation.

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