Etymology

overshoe

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Today it means: To protect from water or mud. Full definition →

First used 18th c.English shoe ← Middle English scho ← Old English sċōh
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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-Germanic*skōhaz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*skōh
  9. Old Englishsċōh
  10. Middle Englishscho
  11. Englishshoe
  12. English todayovershoe

From over- + shoe.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 18th c. To protect from water or mud.
  • from 18th c. To prevent damage to a floor.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.