Etymology

overshare

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Today it means: To share too much or in excess. Full definition →

English share ← Middle English schare ← Old English sċearu
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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*(s)koréh₂
  8. Proto-Germanic*skarō
  9. Proto-West Germanic*skaru
  10. Old Englishsċearu
  11. Middle Englishschare
  12. Englishshare
  13. English todayovershare

From over- + share.

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