Etymology

oversend

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Today it means: To send an amount greater than what is required; to oversupply. Full definition →

Middle English oversenden ← Old English ofersendan ← Proto-Germanic *uber
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*uber“over”
  2. Old English · inherited fromofersendan“to transmit”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromoversenden“to send over, transmit”
  4. English todayoversend

From Middle English oversenden (“to send over, transmit”), from Old English ofersendan (“to transmit”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *sandijaną (“to send”), corresponding to over- + send. Cognate with Middle Dutch oversenden (“to send over”), German übersenden (“to send, transmit”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*uber all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.