Etymology

overscale

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Today it means: Out of scale; much too large for the context in which it exists Full definition →

English scale ← Middle English scale ← Latin scāla
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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*skend-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kn̥d-sleh₂
  9. Proto-Italic*skand-slā
  10. Latinscāla
  11. Middle Englishscale
  12. Englishscale
  13. English todayoverscale

From over- + scale.

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